#CCE2F3Salty Ice (#CCE2F3) is a very light, muted sky blue with an OKLCH hue of 241°, lightness 0.9 and chroma 0.033. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #CCE2F3 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(204, 226, 243) |
| HSL | hsl(206, 62%, 88%) |
| HSV | hsv(206, 16%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(16%, 7%, 0%, 5%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(88.8 -3.9 -10.7) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.902 0.033 241) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Salty Ice shifts subtly: drifts toward blue, loses intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#d7dde4 — ΔE 2.3, shifts subtly: drifts toward blue, loses intensity#d4e3ee — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: leans toward blue-green#cce2f3 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#cce3f6 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward blueTest Salty Ice in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.33:1 and against black 15.74:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#cce2f3 · #b8ccdd · #92a5b3 · #6f7f8c · #4d5b66 · #2e3a43
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#cce2f3 · #aecdfa · #a9b6e5 · #a39fcc · #9b89b2 · #917596
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#cce2f3 · #bfbad5 · #7ba5c3 · #8278aa · #446883 · #49445d
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#cce2f3 · #d5a781 · #6d7a84 · #445c6e · #293e4d · #14212b
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#cce2f3 · #c7c0bb · #808990 · #55504d · #1a2229 · #020100
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#cce2f3 · #95a0a8 · #394650 · #1b2933 · #000710 · #f29a45
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cce2f3 · #cdbfb3 · #a27f62 · #6f4722 · #351900 · #000510
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cce2f3 · #cdbfb3 · #a97a71 · #615019 · #3a130d · #090400
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#cce2f3 · #cfbcc0 · #a77885 · #4b5825 · #1d2500 · #050001
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#cce2f3 · #cabcc8 · #9d7a98 · #6f4722 · #022910 · #110400
#D2E5F4 · #D8E9F6 · #DEECF7 · #E4EFF8 · #EAF3FA
#A5B8C7 · #7F909D · #5B6A75 · #394650 · #1B252D
#D0E1EF · #D4E1EA · #D8E0E6
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.