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#D6FCFD

Ice Blue · very light cool teal

About #D6FCFD

#D6FCFD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 99% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 9.3); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDD7D6 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D6FCFD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.20:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red214
Green252
Blue253

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.3
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 12.6

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

Text on #D6FCFD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D6FCFD.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #D6FCFD.
19.20:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D6FCFD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D6FCFD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6F8FD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFF2FD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBFFFC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D6FCFD?

#D6FCFD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 99% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D6FCFD?

Use black text. Black on #D6FCFD has a contrast ratio of 19.20:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D6FCFD?

Its complementary colour is #FDD7D6, and analogous partners are #D6FDEB and #D6E9FD.