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#CFDEEF

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #CFDEEF

#CFDEEF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 87% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 6.1); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFE0CF — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFDEEF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.35:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green222
Blue239

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 6.1
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #CFDEEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFDEEF.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFDEEF.
15.35:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFDEEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8DEF0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4DBEF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7E2E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFDEEF?

#CFDEEF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 87% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFDEEF?

Use black text. Black on #CFDEEF has a contrast ratio of 15.35:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFDEEF?

Its complementary colour is #EFE0CF, and analogous partners are #CFEEEF and #D0CFEF.