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#D2ECE7

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #D2ECE7

#D2ECE7 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 93% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 9.4); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECD2D7 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D2ECE7 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
Green236
Blue231

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #D2ECE7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D2ECE7.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D2ECE7.
16.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2ECE7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2ECE7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E9E7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E5E7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCEDEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2ECE7?

#D2ECE7 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 93% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D2ECE7?

Use black text. Black on #D2ECE7 has a contrast ratio of 16.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2ECE7?

Its complementary colour is #ECD2D7, and analogous partners are #D2ECDA and #D2E4EC.