#CDE4EE
Ice Blue · very light cool teal
About #CDE4EE
#CDE4EE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 89% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 4.2); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EED7CD — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDE4EE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.93:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CDE4EE?
#CDE4EE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 89% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CDE4EE?
Use black text. Black on #CDE4EE has a contrast ratio of 15.93:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CDE4EE?
Its complementary colour is #EED7CD, and analogous partners are #CDEEE8 and #CDD4EE.