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#D3DBF4

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #D3DBF4

#D3DBF4 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 86% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 5.7); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F4ECD3 — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D3DBF4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.21:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red211
Green219
Blue244

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 5.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #D3DBF4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D3DBF4.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D3DBF4.
15.21:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3DBF4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3DBF4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4DDF5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2DAF3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCE0E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3DBF4?

#D3DBF4 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 86% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D3DBF4?

Use black text. Black on #D3DBF4 has a contrast ratio of 15.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3DBF4?

Its complementary colour is #F4ECD3, and analogous partners are #D3EBF4 and #DCD3F4.