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#D4E9E8

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #D4E9E8

#D4E9E8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 91% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 7.2); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E9D4D5 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D4E9E8 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
Green233
Blue232

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.7
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #D4E9E8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D4E9E8.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D4E9E8.
16.62:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4E9E8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4E9E8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6E7E8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E3E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CEEAE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4E9E8?

#D4E9E8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 91% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% 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 #D4E9E8?

Use black text. Black on #D4E9E8 has a contrast ratio of 16.62:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4E9E8?

Its complementary colour is #E9D4D5, and analogous partners are #D4E9DE and #D4E0E9.