#D4E2E9
Ice Blue · very light neutral
About #D4E2E9
#D4E2E9 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 89% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 5.0); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E9DBD4 — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #D4E2E9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.85:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #D4E2E9
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #D4E2E9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #D4E2E9?
#D4E2E9 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 89% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
›What text colour should I use on #D4E2E9?
Use black text. Black on #D4E2E9 has a contrast ratio of 15.85:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #D4E2E9?
Its complementary colour is #E9DBD4, and analogous partners are #D4E9E6 and #D4D8E9.