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#CEEDF3

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #CEEDF3

#CEEDF3 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 5.4); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F3D4CE — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEEDF3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.03:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green237
Blue243

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 5.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #CEEDF3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEEDF3.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CEEDF3.
17.03:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEDF3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEDF3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7EAF3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E5F3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4F0EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEDF3?

#CEEDF3 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEDF3?

Use black text. Black on #CEEDF3 has a contrast ratio of 17.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEDF3?

Its complementary colour is #F3D4CE, and analogous partners are #CEF3E6 and #CEDBF3.