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#DAEDF5

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #DAEDF5

#DAEDF5 is a very light, near-neutral teal colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 93% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

Visually it is virtually identical to Ice Blue (ΔE 2.1), with Lavender the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F5E2DA (linen), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.41:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green237
Blue245

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 2.1
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.2
White
#FFFFFF · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #DAEDF5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #DAEDF5.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #DAEDF5.
17.41:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAEDF5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAEDF5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9ECF5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E8F5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3F0EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAEDF5?

#DAEDF5 is a very light, near-neutral teal colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 93% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #DAEDF5?

Use black text. Black on #DAEDF5 has a contrast ratio of 17.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAEDF5?

Its complementary colour is #F5E2DA, and analogous partners are #DAF5F0 and #DAE0F5.