#DCEDEB
Ice Blue · very light neutral
About #DCEDEB
#DCEDEB is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 93% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 7.3); Off White comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDDCDE — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #DCEDEB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.36:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DCEDEB
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How #DCEDEB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DCEDEB?
#DCEDEB is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 93% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
›What text colour should I use on #DCEDEB?
Use black text. Black on #DCEDEB has a contrast ratio of 17.36:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DCEDEB?
Its complementary colour is #EDDCDE, and analogous partners are #DCEDE3 and #DCE7ED.