ColorXprez

#CEE1EF

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #CEE1EF

#CEE1EF is a very light, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 88% green and 94% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 4.7), with Lavender the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFDCCE (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 — 15.64:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red206
Green225
Blue239

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 4.7
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #CEE1EF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEE1EF.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEE1EF.
15.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEE1EF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEE1EF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBE0F0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7DDEF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6E5E5

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEE1EF?

#CEE1EF is a very light, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 88% green and 94% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEE1EF?

Use black text. Black on #CEE1EF has a contrast ratio of 15.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEE1EF?

Its complementary colour is #EFDCCE, and analogous partners are #CEEFED and #CED1EF.