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Arctic Blue Palette

Arctic Blue Palette: #C6E6FB, #FBDBC6, #C6FBF6, #C6CBFB. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Arctic Blue Palette assigns primary #C6E6FB, secondary #FBDBC6, surface #C6FBF6, background #C6CBFB, accent #000000. The set spans Blue, Orange, Cyan, and Gray families with cool, warm, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #C6FBF6 at 0.8765; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

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5colors
Blue palettedominant group
6use cases

Palette Color Roles

Arctic Blue Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#C6E6FBArctic Blue
Secondary#FBDBC6#FBDBC6
Surface#C6FBF6#C6FBF6
Background#C6CBFB#C6CBFB
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-arctic-blue-primary: #C6E6FB;
--palette-arctic-blue-secondary: #FBDBC6;
--palette-arctic-blue-surface: #C6FBF6;
--palette-arctic-blue-background: #C6CBFB;
--palette-arctic-blue-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Arctic Blue Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#C6E6FB
Black 16.11:1 · White 1.3:1
Best #000000
Secondary#FBDBC6
Black 16.05:1 · White 1.31:1
Best #000000
Surface#C6FBF6
Black 18.53:1 · White 1.13:1
Best #000000
Background#C6CBFB
Black 13.34:1 · White 1.57:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Arctic Blue Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Arctic Blue Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Arctic Blue Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.7556
Black text16.11:1AA Pass
White text1.3:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#C6E6FB",
    "name": "Arctic Blue"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#FBDBC6",
    "name": "#FBDBC6"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#C6FBF6",
    "name": "#C6FBF6"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#C6CBFB",
    "name": "#C6CBFB"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#C6E6FB",
    "name": "Arctic Blue",
    "blackContrast": 16.11,
    "whiteContrast": 1.3,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#FBDBC6",
    "name": "#FBDBC6",
    "blackContrast": 16.05,
    "whiteContrast": 1.31,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#C6FBF6",
    "name": "#C6FBF6",
    "blackContrast": 18.53,
    "whiteContrast": 1.13,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#C6CBFB",
    "name": "#C6CBFB",
    "blackContrast": 13.34,
    "whiteContrast": 1.57,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "arctic blue palette",
  "generated palette",
  "blue palette",
  "orange palette",
  "cyan palette",
  "gray palette",
  "light palette",
  "pastel palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "cool palette",
  "warm palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "soft backgrounds",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-arctic-blue-primary: #C6E6FB;\n--palette-arctic-blue-secondary: #FBDBC6;\n--palette-arctic-blue-surface: #C6FBF6;\n--palette-arctic-blue-background: #C6CBFB;\n--palette-arctic-blue-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
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  "slug": "arctic-blue",
  "name": "Arctic Blue Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "arctic-blue",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Arctic Blue, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Arctic Blue Palette combines primary #C6E6FB, secondary #FBDBC6, surface #C6FBF6, background #C6CBFB, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a blue palette, orange palette, cyan palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "arctic blue palette",
    "generated palette",
    "blue palette",
    "orange palette",
    "cyan palette",
    "gray palette",
    "light palette",
    "pastel palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "cool palette",
    "warm palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "soft backgrounds",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#C6E6FB",
      "slug": "arctic-blue",
      "name": "Arctic Blue",
      "rgb": [
        198,
        230,
        251
      ],
      "hsl": [
        204,
        87,
        88
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        21,
        8,
        0,
        2
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.7556,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 16.11,
        "white": 1.3
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/arctic-blue/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FBDBC6",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#FBDBC6",
      "rgb": [
        251,
        219,
        198
      ],
      "hsl": [
        24,
        87,
        88
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        13,
        21,
        2
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.7525,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 16.05,
        "white": 1.31
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#C6FBF6",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#C6FBF6",
      "rgb": [
        198,
        251,
        246
      ],
      "hsl": [
        174,
        87,
        88
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        21,
        0,
        2,
        2
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.8765,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 18.53,
        "white": 1.13
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#C6CBFB",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#C6CBFB",
      "rgb": [
        198,
        203,
        251
      ],
      "hsl": [
        234,
        87,
        88
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        21,
        19,
        0,
        2
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.6168,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 13.34,
        "white": 1.57
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#C6E6FB",
      "name": "Arctic Blue"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FBDBC6",
      "name": "#FBDBC6"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#C6FBF6",
      "name": "#C6FBF6"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#C6CBFB",
      "name": "#C6CBFB"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#C6E6FB",
      "name": "Arctic Blue",
      "blackContrast": 16.11,
      "whiteContrast": 1.3,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FBDBC6",
      "name": "#FBDBC6",
      "blackContrast": 16.05,
      "whiteContrast": 1.31,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#C6FBF6",
      "name": "#C6FBF6",
      "blackContrast": 18.53,
      "whiteContrast": 1.13,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#C6CBFB",
      "name": "#C6CBFB",
      "blackContrast": 13.34,
      "whiteContrast": 1.57,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-arctic-blue-primary: #C6E6FB;\n--palette-arctic-blue-secondary: #FBDBC6;\n--palette-arctic-blue-surface: #C6FBF6;\n--palette-arctic-blue-background: #C6CBFB;\n--palette-arctic-blue-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/arctic-blue.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/arctic-blue.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/arctic-blue/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/arctic-blue.json"
}
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