#CEECE7Spa (#CEECE7) is a very light, muted blue-green with an OKLCH hue of 185°, lightness 0.92 and chroma 0.032. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #CEECE7 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(206, 236, 231) |
| HSL | hsl(170, 44%, 87%) |
| HSV | hsv(170, 13%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(13%, 0%, 2%, 7%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(91.2 -10.7 -0.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.920 0.032 185) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Spa shifts subtly: drifts toward green; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward sky blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#d9e6d8 — ΔE 2.3, shifts subtly: drifts toward green#d7ede2 — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: drifts toward green#ceece7 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ceedea — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward sky blueTest Spa 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 1.25:1 and against black 16.78:1, 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.
#ceece7 · #b4d0cb · #8fa8a4 · #6c827e · #4b5e5b · #2b3c39
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.
#ccfcff · #ceece7 · #a3e1c9 · #9ecba9 · #99b48d · #939e76
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.
#ceece7 · #aec8da · #76b2a9 · #588dae · #3d746d · #375161
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.
#ceece7 · #b2c6c2 · #b57a87 · #426560 · #284642 · #152825
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ceece7 · #cec5c6 · #828e8c · #585253 · #182523 · #020101
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.
#ceece7 · #919f9d · #324441 · #132624 · #000504 · #e64e7f
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#ceece7 · #919f9d · #324441 · #132624 · #000504 · #f0bb4d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#ceece7 · #d5c2c5 · #ac7c87 · #76414f · #3a131e · #000201
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#ceece7 · #d5c2c5 · #a37e9a · #784437 · #34152e · #050000
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ceece7 · #cac4d3 · #9383a9 · #704a23 · #351b00 · #020006
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ceece7 · #c3c7d6 · #8089b0 · #76414f · #2b2100 · #050001
#D4EEE9 · #D9F0EC · #DFF2EE · #E4F3F1 · #E9F5F3
#A6C1BC · #7F9793 · #5B6F6C · #394A47 · #192826
#D3EAE6 · #D8E9E6 · #DDE7E5
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.