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#DAECE8

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #DAECE8

#DAECE8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 8.4); Off White comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECDADE — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAECE8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green236
Blue232

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.4
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 8.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #DAECE8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #DAECE8.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #DAECE8.
17.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAECE8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAECE8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAEAE8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E7E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6EDEB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAECE8?

#DAECE8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #DAECE8?

Use black text. Black on #DAECE8 has a contrast ratio of 17.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAECE8?

Its complementary colour is #ECDADE, and analogous partners are #DAECDF and #DAE7EC.