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#CDE8F5 Arctic Blue

#CDE8F5 is Arctic Blue.

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#CDE8F5

Arctic Blue

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #CDE8F5?

HEX
#CDE8F5
RGB
rgb(205, 232, 245)
HSL
hsl(200, 67%, 88%)
OKLCH
oklch(91.5% 0.034 228)
CMYK
16, 5, 0, 4

#CDE8F5 has a contrast ratio of 1.28:1 against white and 16.46:1 against black, so black is the better background for text in this color and dark text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #CDE8F5
#CDE8F5
Same color
White
1.3Fail
Near-black
13.7AAA

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • Near-black on #CDE8F5 · 13.7:1

Tints and shades of #CDE8F5

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #E9F8FF
  2. #CDE8F5
  3. #A1BBC8
  4. #849DA9
  5. #68808C
  6. #4C646F
  7. #324954
  8. #1A303A
  9. #031922

Colors that go with #CDE8F5

Six harmony rules built from this color. Open any in the Studio.

Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. Periwinkle, #CCD3F5 and Pale Turquoise, #ABEEE2; Pale Turquoise, #ABEEE2 and Pale Lavender, #D9CCF5; Pale Turquoise, #ABEEE2 and Light Green, #89E7A8 become hard to tell apart — don't rely on color alone to separate them.

Export

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:root {
  --arctic-blue-1: #CDE8F5; /* Arctic Blue */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #CDE8F5

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (100)

Iceberg

Arctic Fox

Opal Sky

Gradients (8)

Mesh gradients (29)