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#CFE4EF

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #CFE4EF

#CFE4EF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 3.8); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFDACF — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFE4EF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green228
Blue239

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 3.8
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #CFE4EF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFE4EF.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #CFE4EF.
16.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFE4EF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFE4EF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFE3F0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DADFEF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7E7E7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFE4EF?

#CFE4EF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFE4EF?

Use black text. Black on #CFE4EF has a contrast ratio of 16.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFE4EF?

Its complementary colour is #EFDACF, and analogous partners are #CFEFEA and #CFD4EF.