Nearest-color comparison

Celeste vs Duck Egg Blue

Celeste and Duck Egg Blue are different cyan colors with HEX values #B2FFFF and #C3FBF4. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 20.6, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Celeste and Duck Egg Blue are very close colors. Celeste is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Celeste#B2FFFF

Duck Egg Blue#C3FBF4

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Celeste and Duck Egg Blue across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance20.6

Pair contrast1.01:1

Luminance delta0.0107

Hue delta7 deg

Lighter colorCeleste

More saturatedCeleste

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

cyan color

Celeste

Celeste is #B2FFFF, a cool cyan color with pastel character. Compared with Duck Egg Blue, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#B2FFFF RGB178, 255, 255 HSL180, 100, 85 CMYK30, 0, 0, 0 Luminance0.882 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

cyan color

Duck Egg Blue

Duck Egg Blue is #C3FBF4, a cool cyan color with light and pastel character. Compared with Celeste, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#C3FBF4 RGB195, 251, 244 HSL173, 88, 87 CMYK22, 0, 3, 2 Luminance0.8713 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Celeste or Duck Egg Blue

Choose CelesteCeleste is better when the design needs pastel cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #B2FFFF.

Choose Duck Egg BlueDuck Egg Blue is better when the design needs light and pastel cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #C3FBF4.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyCelesteDuck Egg Blue

HEX#B2FFFF#C3FBF4

RGB178, 255, 255195, 251, 244

HSL180, 100, 85173, 88, 87

CMYK30, 0, 0, 022, 0, 3, 2

FamilyCyanCyan

TemperatureCoolCool

TonePastelLight, Pastel

Luminance0.8820.8713

Black contrast18.64:118.43:1

White contrast1.13:11.14:1

Shared tonesPastel

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Celesteblack text - 18.64:1

Duck Egg Blueblack text - 18.43:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Celeste#B2FFFF

Duck Egg Blue#C3FBF4

White#FFFFFF

#FFB3B3#FFB3B3

#FBC1C7#FBC1C7

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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    "slug": "duck-egg-blue",
    "name": "Duck Egg Blue",
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    "bestText": {
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      "ratio": 18.43
    },
    "description": "Duck Egg Blue is #C3FBF4, a cool cyan color with light and pastel character. Compared with Celeste, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "hslDelta": {
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    "saturation": 12,
    "lightness": 2
  },
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  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Celeste",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Celeste"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.01,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Celeste",
      "background": "#B2FFFF",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18.64
    },
    {
      "color": "Duck Egg Blue",
      "background": "#C3FBF4",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18.43
    }
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Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Duck Egg Blue is better when the design needs light and pastel cyan character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #C3FBF4.",
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Related API

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Full JSON dataset

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