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#D0EEED

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #D0EEED

#D0EEED 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 8.0); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EED0D1 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D0EEED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.13:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red208
Green238
Blue237

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.3

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

Text on #D0EEED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D0EEED.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D0EEED.
17.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D0EEED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D0EEED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAEBED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E6ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8F0EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D0EEED?

#D0EEED 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 #D0EEED?

Use black text. Black on #D0EEED has a contrast ratio of 17.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D0EEED?

Its complementary colour is #EED0D1, and analogous partners are #D0EEDE and #D0E0EE.