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#D2DFE8

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #D2DFE8

#D2DFE8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 87% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% 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 5.5); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E8DBD2 — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D2DFE8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.46:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red210
Green223
Blue232

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 5.5
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 7.4
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.2

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

Text on #D2DFE8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D2DFE8.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D2DFE8.
15.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2DFE8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2DFE8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBDEE9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8DCE8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDE1E2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2DFE8?

#D2DFE8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 87% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #D2DFE8?

Use black text. Black on #D2DFE8 has a contrast ratio of 15.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2DFE8?

Its complementary colour is #E8DBD2, and analogous partners are #D2E8E6 and #D2D4E8.