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#CDF5FE

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CDF5FE

#CDF5FE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 96% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 7.1); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FED6CD — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDF5FE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.09:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green245
Blue254

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #CDF5FE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CDF5FE.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CDF5FE.
18.09:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDF5FE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDF5FE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEF2FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5EBFE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFF9F8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDF5FE?

#CDF5FE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 96% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDF5FE?

Use black text. Black on #CDF5FE has a contrast ratio of 18.09:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDF5FE?

Its complementary colour is #FED6CD, and analogous partners are #CDFEEF and #CDDDFE.