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#CEE7ED

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CEE7ED

#CEE7ED is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 91% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 4.9); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDD4CE — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEE7ED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.28:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green231
Blue237

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 4.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.4
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #CEE7ED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEE7ED.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEE7ED.
16.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEE7ED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEE7ED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2E5ED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDE1ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6EAE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEE7ED?

#CEE7ED is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 91% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEE7ED?

Use black text. Black on #CEE7ED has a contrast ratio of 16.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEE7ED?

Its complementary colour is #EDD4CE, and analogous partners are #CEEDE4 and #CED8ED.