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#CDE4E9

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CDE4E9

With the hex code #CDE4E9, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 89% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Ice Blue — a ΔE of 5.6 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E9D2CD, a bone shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.87:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green228
Blue233

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 5.6
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.4

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

Text on #CDE4E9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CDE4E9.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CDE4E9.
15.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDE4E9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDE4E9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0E2E9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBDEE9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5E6E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDE4E9?

With the hex code #CDE4E9, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 89% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDE4E9?

Use black text. Black on #CDE4E9 has a contrast ratio of 15.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDE4E9?

Its complementary colour is #E9D2CD, and analogous partners are #CDE9E0 and #CDD6E9.