ColorXprez

#D3F3EF

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #D3F3EF

With the hex code #D3F3EF, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 83% red, 95% green and 94% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Ice Blue — a ΔE of 9.6 — followed by Pale Mint. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #F3D3D7, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red211
Green243
Blue239

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #D3F3EF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D3F3EF.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D3F3EF.
17.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3F3EF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3F3EF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFEFEF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9EAEF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBF5F2

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3F3EF?

With the hex code #D3F3EF, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 83% red, 95% green and 94% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D3F3EF?

Use black text. Black on #D3F3EF has a contrast ratio of 17.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3F3EF?

Its complementary colour is #F3D3D7, and analogous partners are #D3F3DF and #D3E7F3.