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#D3ECF4

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #D3ECF4

#D3ECF4 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 93% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 3.2), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F4DBD3 (bone), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.07:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red211
Green236
Blue244

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 3.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.5
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #D3ECF4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D3ECF4.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D3ECF4.
17.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3ECF4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3ECF4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7EAF4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E6F4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAEFEE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3ECF4?

#D3ECF4 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 93% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D3ECF4?

Use black text. Black on #D3ECF4 has a contrast ratio of 17.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3ECF4?

Its complementary colour is #F4DBD3, and analogous partners are #D3F4EB and #D3DBF4.