#CCE4E3
Ice Blue · very light cool teal
About #CCE4E3
#CCE4E3 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 89% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 8.2); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E4CCCD — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCE4E3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CCE4E3
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How #CCE4E3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CCE4E3?
#CCE4E3 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 89% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CCE4E3?
Use black text. Black on #CCE4E3 has a contrast ratio of 15.77:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CCE4E3?
Its complementary colour is #E4CCCD, and analogous partners are #CCE4D7 and #CCD9E4.