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#CFDDED

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #CFDDED

#CFDDED is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 6.2); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDDFCF — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFDDED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green221
Blue237

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 6.2
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #CFDDED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFDDED.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFDDED.
15.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFDDED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7DDEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4DAED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8E0E2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFDDED?

#CFDDED is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFDDED?

Use black text. Black on #CFDDED has a contrast ratio of 15.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFDDED?

Its complementary colour is #EDDFCF, and analogous partners are #CFECED and #D0CFED.