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#CDE0EF

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #CDE0EF

#CDE0EF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 88% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 5.1); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFDCCD — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDE0EF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green224
Blue239

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 5.1
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #CDE0EF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CDE0EF.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CDE0EF.
15.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDE0EF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDE0EF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DADFF0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6DCEF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4E4E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDE0EF?

#CDE0EF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 88% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDE0EF?

Use black text. Black on #CDE0EF has a contrast ratio of 15.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDE0EF?

Its complementary colour is #EFDCCD, and analogous partners are #CDEFED and #CDCFEF.