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#CCE4E5

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CCE4E5

#CCE4E5 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 89% green and 90% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 7.4), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E5CDCC (light gray), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.80:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green228
Blue229

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.5
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.4

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #CCE4E5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CCE4E5.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CCE4E5.
15.80:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCE4E5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCE4E5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0E2E5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBDEE5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5E6E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCE4E5?

#CCE4E5 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 89% green and 90% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCE4E5?

Use black text. Black on #CCE4E5 has a contrast ratio of 15.80:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCE4E5?

Its complementary colour is #E5CDCC, and analogous partners are #CCE5DA and #CCD8E5.