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#CEE2EF

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #CEE2EF

#CEE2EF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 4.3); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFDBCE — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEE2EF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green226
Blue239

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 4.3
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #CEE2EF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEE2EF.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEE2EF.
15.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEE2EF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEE2EF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCE1F0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8DDEF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6E5E6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEE2EF?

#CEE2EF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEE2EF?

Use black text. Black on #CEE2EF has a contrast ratio of 15.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEE2EF?

Its complementary colour is #EFDBCE, and analogous partners are #CEEFEC and #CED1EF.