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#CEDDED

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #CEDDED

#CEDDED is a very light, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 87% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 6.2), with Lavender the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDDECE (bone), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green221
Blue237

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 6.2
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.9

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

Text on #CEDDED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEDDED.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEDDED.
15.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CEDDED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7DDEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4DAED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7E1E2

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEDDED?

#CEDDED is a very light, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 87% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEDDED?

Use black text. Black on #CEDDED has a contrast ratio of 15.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEDDED?

Its complementary colour is #EDDECE, and analogous partners are #CEECED and #CFCEED.