Nearest-color comparison

Arctic Blue vs Ice Blue

Arctic Blue and Ice Blue are different blue colors with HEX values #C6E6FB and #D6F5FF. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 22.3, their contrast ratio is 1.14:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Arctic Blue and Ice Blue are very close colors. Ice Blue is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.14:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Arctic Blue#C6E6FB

Ice Blue#D6F5FF

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Arctic Blue and Ice Blue across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance22.3

Pair contrast1.14:1

Luminance delta0.1126

Hue delta9 deg

Lighter colorIce Blue

More saturatedIce Blue

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

blue color

Arctic Blue

Arctic Blue is #C6E6FB, a cool blue color with light and pastel character. Compared with Ice Blue, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for interfaces, brand systems, and technical design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#C6E6FB RGB198, 230, 251 HSL204, 87, 88 CMYK21, 8, 0, 2 Luminance0.7556 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

blue color

Ice Blue

Ice Blue is #D6F5FF, a cool blue color with light and pastel character. Compared with Arctic Blue, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for interfaces, brand systems, and technical design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#D6F5FF RGB214, 245, 255 HSL195, 100, 92 CMYK16, 4, 0, 0 Luminance0.8682 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Arctic Blue or Ice Blue

Choose Arctic BlueArctic Blue is better when the design needs light and pastel blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #C6E6FB.

Choose Ice BlueIce Blue is better when the design needs light and pastel blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #D6F5FF.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyArctic BlueIce Blue

HEX#C6E6FB#D6F5FF

RGB198, 230, 251214, 245, 255

HSL204, 87, 88195, 100, 92

CMYK21, 8, 0, 216, 4, 0, 0

FamilyBlueBlue

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneLight, PastelLight, Pastel

Luminance0.75560.8682

Black contrast16.11:118.36:1

White contrast1.3:11.14:1

Shared tonesLight, Pastel

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Arctic Blueblack text - 16.11:1

Ice Blueblack text - 18.36:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Arctic Blue#C6E6FB

Ice Blue#D6F5FF

White#FFFFFF

#FBDBC6#FBDBC6

#FFE0D6#FFE0D6

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    },
    "description": "Arctic Blue is #C6E6FB, a cool blue color with light and pastel character. Compared with Ice Blue, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for interfaces, brand systems, and technical design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/arctic-blue/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/arctic-blue.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "ice-blue",
    "name": "Ice Blue",
    "hex": "#D6F5FF",
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18.36
    },
    "description": "Ice Blue is #D6F5FF, a cool blue color with light and pastel character. Compared with Arctic Blue, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for interfaces, brand systems, and technical design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/ice-blue/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ice-blue.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 22.3,
  "contrastRatio": 1.14,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 9,
    "saturation": 13,
    "lightness": 4
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.1126,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "light",
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Ice Blue",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Ice Blue"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.14,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Arctic Blue",
      "background": "#C6E6FB",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 16.11
    },
    {
      "color": "Ice Blue",
      "background": "#D6F5FF",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18.36
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Ice Blue is better when the design needs light and pastel blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #D6F5FF.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/arctic-blue.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ice-blue.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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