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#D3F0EE

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #D3F0EE

#D3F0EE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 94% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 8.2); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F0D3D5 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D3F0EE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.47:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red211
Green240
Blue238

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #D3F0EE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D3F0EE.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D3F0EE.
17.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3F0EE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3F0EE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECEDEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E8EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBF2EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3F0EE?

#D3F0EE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 94% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D3F0EE?

Use black text. Black on #D3F0EE has a contrast ratio of 17.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3F0EE?

Its complementary colour is #F0D3D5, and analogous partners are #D3F0E0 and #D3E4F0.