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#D4F2EE

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #D4F2EE

#D4F2EE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 95% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 9.3); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2D4D8 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D4F2EE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red212
Green242
Blue238

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.3
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #D4F2EE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D4F2EE.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D4F2EE.
17.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4F2EE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4F2EE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFEEEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9EAEE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCF4F1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4F2EE?

#D4F2EE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 95% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D4F2EE?

Use black text. Black on #D4F2EE has a contrast ratio of 17.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4F2EE?

Its complementary colour is #F2D4D8, and analogous partners are #D4F2DF and #D4E7F2.