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#D0DFF0

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #D0DFF0

#D0DFF0 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 87% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 5.7); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F0E1D0 — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D0DFF0 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.50:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red208
Green223
Blue240

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 5.7
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.5
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #D0DFF0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D0DFF0.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D0DFF0.
15.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D0DFF0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D0DFF0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9DFF1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5DCF0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8E3E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D0DFF0?

#D0DFF0 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 87% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D0DFF0?

Use black text. Black on #D0DFF0 has a contrast ratio of 15.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D0DFF0?

Its complementary colour is #F0E1D0, and analogous partners are #D0EFF0 and #D1D0F0.