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Duck Egg Blue Palette

Duck Egg Blue Palette: #C3FBF4, #FBC1C7, #C1FBD7, #C1E5FB. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Duck Egg Blue Palette assigns primary #C3FBF4, secondary #FBC1C7, surface #C1FBD7, background #C1E5FB, accent #000000. The set spans Cyan, Red, Green, and Blue families with cool, warm, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #C3FBF4 at 0.8713; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

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5colors
Cyan palettedominant group
7use cases

Palette Color Roles

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

Primary#C3FBF4Duck Egg Blue
Secondary#FBC1C7#FBC1C7
Surface#C1FBD7#C1FBD7
Background#C1E5FB#C1E5FB
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-duck-egg-blue-primary: #C3FBF4;
--palette-duck-egg-blue-secondary: #FBC1C7;
--palette-duck-egg-blue-surface: #C1FBD7;
--palette-duck-egg-blue-background: #C1E5FB;
--palette-duck-egg-blue-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

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

Primary#C3FBF4
Black 18.43:1 · White 1.14:1
Best #000000
Secondary#FBC1C7
Black 13.55:1 · White 1.55:1
Best #000000
Surface#C1FBD7
Black 18.05:1 · White 1.16:1
Best #000000
Background#C1E5FB
Black 15.87:1 · White 1.32:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Duck Egg 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 Duck Egg Blue Palette Data (JSON)

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

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.8713
Black text18.43:1AA Pass
White text1.14:1AA 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": "#C3FBF4",
    "name": "Duck Egg Blue"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#FBC1C7",
    "name": "#FBC1C7"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#C1FBD7",
    "name": "#C1FBD7"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#C1E5FB",
    "name": "#C1E5FB"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#C3FBF4",
    "name": "Duck Egg Blue",
    "blackContrast": 18.43,
    "whiteContrast": 1.14,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#FBC1C7",
    "name": "#FBC1C7",
    "blackContrast": 13.55,
    "whiteContrast": 1.55,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#C1FBD7",
    "name": "#C1FBD7",
    "blackContrast": 18.05,
    "whiteContrast": 1.16,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#C1E5FB",
    "name": "#C1E5FB",
    "blackContrast": 15.87,
    "whiteContrast": 1.32,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "duck egg blue palette",
  "generated palette",
  "cyan palette",
  "red palette",
  "green palette",
  "blue 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",
  "wellness and botanical palettes",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-duck-egg-blue-primary: #C3FBF4;\n--palette-duck-egg-blue-secondary: #FBC1C7;\n--palette-duck-egg-blue-surface: #C1FBD7;\n--palette-duck-egg-blue-background: #C1E5FB;\n--palette-duck-egg-blue-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "duck-egg-blue",
  "name": "Duck Egg Blue Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "duck-egg-blue",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Duck Egg Blue, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Duck Egg Blue Palette combines primary #C3FBF4, secondary #FBC1C7, surface #C1FBD7, background #C1E5FB, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a cyan palette, red palette, green 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": [
    "duck egg blue palette",
    "generated palette",
    "cyan palette",
    "red palette",
    "green palette",
    "blue 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",
    "wellness and botanical palettes",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#C3FBF4",
      "slug": "duck-egg-blue",
      "name": "Duck Egg Blue",
      "rgb": [
        195,
        251,
        244
      ],
      "hsl": [
        173,
        88,
        87
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        22,
        0,
        3,
        2
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.8713,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 18.43,
        "white": 1.14
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/duck-egg-blue/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FBC1C7",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#FBC1C7",
      "rgb": [
        251,
        193,
        199
      ],
      "hsl": [
        354,
        88,
        87
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        23,
        21,
        2
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.6277,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 13.55,
        "white": 1.55
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#C1FBD7",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#C1FBD7",
      "rgb": [
        193,
        251,
        215
      ],
      "hsl": [
        143,
        88,
        87
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        23,
        0,
        14,
        2
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.8524,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 18.05,
        "white": 1.16
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#C1E5FB",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#C1E5FB",
      "rgb": [
        193,
        229,
        251
      ],
      "hsl": [
        203,
        88,
        87
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        23,
        9,
        0,
        2
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.7434,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 15.87,
        "white": 1.32
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "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": "#C3FBF4",
      "name": "Duck Egg Blue"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FBC1C7",
      "name": "#FBC1C7"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#C1FBD7",
      "name": "#C1FBD7"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#C1E5FB",
      "name": "#C1E5FB"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#C3FBF4",
      "name": "Duck Egg Blue",
      "blackContrast": 18.43,
      "whiteContrast": 1.14,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#FBC1C7",
      "name": "#FBC1C7",
      "blackContrast": 13.55,
      "whiteContrast": 1.55,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#C1FBD7",
      "name": "#C1FBD7",
      "blackContrast": 18.05,
      "whiteContrast": 1.16,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#C1E5FB",
      "name": "#C1E5FB",
      "blackContrast": 15.87,
      "whiteContrast": 1.32,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-duck-egg-blue-primary: #C3FBF4;\n--palette-duck-egg-blue-secondary: #FBC1C7;\n--palette-duck-egg-blue-surface: #C1FBD7;\n--palette-duck-egg-blue-background: #C1E5FB;\n--palette-duck-egg-blue-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/duck-egg-blue.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/duck-egg-blue.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/duck-egg-blue/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/duck-egg-blue.json"
}
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