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#D4DAEB

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #D4DAEB

#D4DAEB is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 85% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 5.4); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EBE5D4 — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D4DAEB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.03:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red212
Green218
Blue235

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 5.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.4

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

Text on #D4DAEB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D4DAEB.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D4DAEB.
15.03:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4DAEB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4DAEB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5DBEC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D9EB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFDDDF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4DAEB?

#D4DAEB is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 85% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D4DAEB?

Use black text. Black on #D4DAEB has a contrast ratio of 15.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4DAEB?

Its complementary colour is #EBE5D4, and analogous partners are #D4E6EB and #DAD4EB.