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#D4E5F2

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #D4E5F2

#D4E5F2 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 90% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 3.1); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2E1D4 — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D4E5F2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.29:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red212
Green229
Blue242

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 3.1
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #D4E5F2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D4E5F2.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D4E5F2.
16.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4E5F2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4E5F2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0E4F3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCE1F2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDE8E9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4E5F2?

#D4E5F2 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 90% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D4E5F2?

Use black text. Black on #D4E5F2 has a contrast ratio of 16.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4E5F2?

Its complementary colour is #F2E1D4, and analogous partners are #D4F2F0 and #D4D6F2.