Nearest-color comparison

Arctic Blue vs Milk Blue

Arctic Blue and Milk Blue are different blue colors with HEX values #C6E6FB and #D6EAF8. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 16.8, their contrast ratio is 1.05:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Arctic Blue and Milk Blue are very close colors. Milk Blue is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.05:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Arctic Blue#C6E6FB

Milk Blue#D6EAF8

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance16.8

Pair contrast1.05:1

Luminance delta0.0436

Hue delta1 deg

Lighter colorMilk Blue

More saturatedArctic 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 Milk Blue, it is darker and more 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

Milk Blue

Milk Blue is #D6EAF8, a cool blue color with light and pastel character. Compared with Arctic Blue, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#D6EAF8 RGB214, 234, 248 HSL205, 71, 91 CMYK14, 6, 0, 3 Luminance0.7992 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Arctic Blue or Milk 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 Milk BlueMilk Blue is better when the design needs light and pastel blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #D6EAF8.

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 BlueMilk Blue

HEX#C6E6FB#D6EAF8

RGB198, 230, 251214, 234, 248

HSL204, 87, 88205, 71, 91

CMYK21, 8, 0, 214, 6, 0, 3

FamilyBlueBlue

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneLight, PastelLight, Pastel

Luminance0.75560.7992

Black contrast16.11:116.98:1

White contrast1.3:11.24:1

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

Milk Blueblack text - 16.98:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Arctic Blue#C6E6FB

Milk Blue#D6EAF8

White#FFFFFF

#FBDBC6#FBDBC6

#F8E5D8#F8E5D8

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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    },
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    },
    "description": "Milk Blue is #D6EAF8, a cool blue color with light and pastel character. Compared with Arctic Blue, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.05,
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    "saturation": 16,
    "lightness": 3
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0436,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "light",
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Milk Blue",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Arctic Blue"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.05,
  "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
    },
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      "color": "Milk Blue",
      "background": "#D6EAF8",
      "foreground": "#000000",
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Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Milk Blue is better when the design needs light and pastel blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #D6EAF8.",
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Related API

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Full JSON dataset

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