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#D2EBF1

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #D2EBF1

#D2EBF1 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 92% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 4.1); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F1D8D2 — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D2EBF1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.89:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red210
Green235
Blue241

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 4.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.2
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #D2EBF1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D2EBF1.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D2EBF1.
16.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2EBF1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2EBF1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6E9F1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E5F1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAEEED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2EBF1?

#D2EBF1 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 92% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D2EBF1?

Use black text. Black on #D2EBF1 has a contrast ratio of 16.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2EBF1?

Its complementary colour is #F1D8D2, and analogous partners are #D2F1E8 and #D2DBF1.