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#D1EDEA

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #D1EDEA

#D1EDEA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 93% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 8.6); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDD1D4 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D1EDEA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.01:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red209
Green237
Blue234

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.6
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.5
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #D1EDEA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D1EDEA.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D1EDEA.
17.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D1EDEA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D1EDEA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAEAEA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E5EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAEFEC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D1EDEA?

#D1EDEA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 93% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D1EDEA?

Use black text. Black on #D1EDEA has a contrast ratio of 17.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D1EDEA?

Its complementary colour is #EDD1D4, and analogous partners are #D1EDDC and #D1E2ED.