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#D0DEEE

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #D0DEEE

#D0DEEE is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 5.9); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EEE0D0 — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D0DEEE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.37:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red208
Green222
Blue238

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 5.9
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.1

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #D0DEEE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D0DEEE.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D0DEEE.
15.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D0DEEE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D0DEEE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8DEEF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5DBEE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9E1E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D0DEEE?

#D0DEEE is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D0DEEE?

Use black text. Black on #D0DEEE has a contrast ratio of 15.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D0DEEE?

Its complementary colour is #EEE0D0, and analogous partners are #D0EDEE and #D1D0EE.