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#D4E5E8

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #D4E5E8

#D4E5E8 is a very light, near-neutral teal colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 90% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Visually it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 5.7), with Light Gray the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E8D7D4 (light gray), 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 16.17:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red212
Green229
Blue232

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 5.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.0
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #D4E5E8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D4E5E8.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D4E5E8.
16.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4E5E8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4E5E8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2E3E8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEE1E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFE7E6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4E5E8?

#D4E5E8 is a very light, near-neutral teal colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 90% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #D4E5E8?

Use black text. Black on #D4E5E8 has a contrast ratio of 16.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4E5E8?

Its complementary colour is #E8D7D4, and analogous partners are #D4E8E1 and #D4DBE8.