#D3DFF3
Lavender · very light cool blue
About #D3DFF3
#D3DFF3 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 87% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 5.3); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F3E7D3 — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #D3DFF3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.62:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #D3DFF3
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How #D3DFF3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #D3DFF3?
#D3DFF3 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 87% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #D3DFF3?
Use black text. Black on #D3DFF3 has a contrast ratio of 15.62:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #D3DFF3?
Its complementary colour is #F3E7D3, and analogous partners are #D3EFF3 and #D7D3F3.