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#CEDCED

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #CEDCED

With the hex code #CEDCED, this is a very light blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 86% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Ice Blue — a ΔE of 6.7 — followed by Lavender. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDDFCE, 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 — 15.08:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green220
Blue237

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 6.7
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #CEDCED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEDCED.
1.39:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEDCED.
15.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CEDCED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6DCEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D9ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7E0E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEDCED?

With the hex code #CEDCED, this is a very light blue with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 86% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CEDCED?

Use black text. Black on #CEDCED has a contrast ratio of 15.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEDCED?

Its complementary colour is #EDDFCE, and analogous partners are #CEECED and #D0CEED.