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#CEE5EF

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CEE5EF

#CEE5EF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 90% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 3.9); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFD8CE — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEE5EF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.08:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green229
Blue239

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 3.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #CEE5EF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEE5EF.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEE5EF.
16.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEE5EF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEE5EF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0E4F0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DADFEF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5E8E8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEE5EF?

#CEE5EF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 90% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEE5EF?

Use black text. Black on #CEE5EF has a contrast ratio of 16.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEE5EF?

Its complementary colour is #EFD8CE, and analogous partners are #CEEFE9 and #CED5EF.