Tip of the Iceberg

#bbe4ea

More icy and airy than poolwater blues

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About Tip of the Iceberg

On my monitor, Tip of the reads like a pale blue that refuses to go fully watery or fully gray. It's brighter than the nearby , but with less teal edge than , so it doesn't feel rinsed or green-leaning. The mood is light, crisp, and a little more "ice" than "surface."

I usually use it as a main page background when I still want hierarchy without the page looking bare. Think product interfaces with soft cards, SaaS onboarding where step panels need to feel open, and health dashboards that shouldn't tilt clinical. It works harder than it looks for form pages and empty states, especially if your text is charcoal and you want the layout to feel calm instead of washed.

Pair it carefully with deeper ink blues or neutral grays. If you stack it next to colder cyans, it can start to feel a touch too cool and "thin," so give it a darker anchor.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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1.36:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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1.25:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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12.99:1AAA

On Black #000000

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15.40:1AAA

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