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#D3DAEC

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #D3DAEC

#D3DAEC is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 85% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 5.5); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECE5D3 — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D3DAEC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.01:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red211
Green218
Blue236

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 5.5
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #D3DAEC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D3DAEC.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D3DAEC.
15.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3DAEC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3DAEC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5DBED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D9EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CEDDE0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3DAEC?

#D3DAEC is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 85% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D3DAEC?

Use black text. Black on #D3DAEC has a contrast ratio of 15.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3DAEC?

Its complementary colour is #ECE5D3, and analogous partners are #D3E7EC and #D9D3EC.