#D2ECEA
Ice Blue · very light cool teal
About #D2ECEA
#D2ECEA 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 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 7.9); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECD2D4 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #D2ECEA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.93:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #D2ECEA
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #D2ECEA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #D2ECEA?
#D2ECEA 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 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #D2ECEA?
Use black text. Black on #D2ECEA has a contrast ratio of 16.93:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #D2ECEA?
Its complementary colour is #ECD2D4, and analogous partners are #D2ECDD and #D2E1EC.