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#D4E8F2

Ice Blue · very light cool blue

About #D4E8F2

#D4E8F2 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 91% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Ice Blue (ΔE 2.5); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2DED4 — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D4E8F2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.62:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red212
Green232
Blue242

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 2.5
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.8
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #D4E8F2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D4E8F2.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D4E8F2.
16.62:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4E8F2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4E8F2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3E7F3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEE3F2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCEBEB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4E8F2?

#D4E8F2 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 91% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D4E8F2?

Use black text. Black on #D4E8F2 has a contrast ratio of 16.62:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4E8F2?

Its complementary colour is #F2DED4, and analogous partners are #D4F2ED and #D4D9F2.