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#DCEBFC

Ice Blue · very light cool white

About #DCEBFC

#DCEBFC is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 92% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 3.1); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FCEDDC — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DCEBFC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.33:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red220
Green235
Blue252

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 3.1
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 5.4
White
#FFFFFF · ΔE 12.6

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

Text on #DCEBFC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #DCEBFC.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #DCEBFC.
17.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DCEBFC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E5EBFD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E8FC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4EFF0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCEBFC?

#DCEBFC is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 92% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DCEBFC?

Use black text. Black on #DCEBFC has a contrast ratio of 17.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCEBFC?

Its complementary colour is #FCEDDC, and analogous partners are #DCFBFC and #DDDCFC.