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#D0DFEA

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #D0DFEA

#D0DFEA is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 87% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 5.2); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EADBD0 — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D0DFEA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.43:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red208
Green223
Blue234

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 5.2
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.4

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

Text on #D0DFEA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D0DFEA.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D0DFEA.
15.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D0DFEA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D0DFEA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DADEEB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7DBEA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAE2E2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D0DFEA?

#D0DFEA is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 87% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #D0DFEA?

Use black text. Black on #D0DFEA has a contrast ratio of 15.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D0DFEA?

Its complementary colour is #EADBD0, and analogous partners are #D0EAE8 and #D0D2EA.