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#CDDFED

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #CDDFED

#CDDFED is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 5.3); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDDBCD — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDDFED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.37:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green223
Blue237

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 5.3
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #CDDFED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CDDFED.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CDDFED.
15.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDDFED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9DEEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5DBED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5E2E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDDFED?

#CDDFED is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDDFED?

Use black text. Black on #CDDFED has a contrast ratio of 15.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDDFED?

Its complementary colour is #EDDBCD, and analogous partners are #CDEDEB and #CDCFED.