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#D0EDEE

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #D0EDEE

#D0EDEE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 93% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 6.9); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EED1D0 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D0EDEE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.03:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red208
Green237
Blue238

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 6.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #D0EDEE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D0EDEE.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D0EDEE.
17.03:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D0EDEE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D0EDEE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9EAEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E5EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7EFED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D0EDEE?

#D0EDEE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 93% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D0EDEE?

Use black text. Black on #D0EDEE has a contrast ratio of 17.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D0EDEE?

Its complementary colour is #EED1D0, and analogous partners are #D0EEE0 and #D0DEEE.