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#D3E5EA

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #D3E5EA

#D3E5EA is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 90% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 4.9); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EAD8D3 — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D3E5EA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.17:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red211
Green229
Blue234

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 4.9
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.5
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #D3E5EA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D3E5EA.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D3E5EA.
16.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3E5EA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3E5EA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1E4EA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDE0EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDE7E6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3E5EA?

#D3E5EA is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 90% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #D3E5EA?

Use black text. Black on #D3E5EA has a contrast ratio of 16.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3E5EA?

Its complementary colour is #EAD8D3, and analogous partners are #D3EAE3 and #D3DAEA.