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#D5EEEB

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #D5EEEB

#D5EEEB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 93% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 8.2); Off White comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EED5D8 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D5EEEB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.26:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red213
Green238
Blue235

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.2
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 10.5
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #D5EEEB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D5EEEB.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D5EEEB.
17.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5EEEB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5EEEB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBEBEB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E7EB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFEFED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5EEEB?

#D5EEEB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 93% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D5EEEB?

Use black text. Black on #D5EEEB has a contrast ratio of 17.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5EEEB?

Its complementary colour is #EED5D8, and analogous partners are #D5EEDE and #D5E5EE.