#D5DEE3
Light Gray · very light neutral
About #D5DEE3
#D5DEE3 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 87% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Gray (ΔE 5.3); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E3DAD5 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #D5DEE3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.39:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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Closest named colours
ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #D5DEE3
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #D5DEE3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #D5DEE3?
#D5DEE3 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 87% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
›What text colour should I use on #D5DEE3?
Use black text. Black on #D5DEE3 has a contrast ratio of 15.39:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #D5DEE3?
Its complementary colour is #E3DAD5, and analogous partners are #D5E3E1 and #D5D7E3.