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#CEE3EE

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #CEE3EE

#CEE3EE is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 4.1); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EED9CE — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEE3EE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.85:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green227
Blue238

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 4.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.9
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #CEE3EE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEE3EE.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEE3EE.
15.85:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEE3EE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEE3EE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DEE2EF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9DEEE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6E6E6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEE3EE?

#CEE3EE is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEE3EE?

Use black text. Black on #CEE3EE has a contrast ratio of 15.85:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEE3EE?

Its complementary colour is #EED9CE, and analogous partners are #CEEEE9 and #CED3EE.