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#DCEEED

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #DCEEED

#DCEEED is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 93% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% 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 6.7); Off White comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EEDCDD — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DCEEED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red220
Green238
Blue237

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 6.7
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 8.3
White
#FFFFFF · ΔE 9.6

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

Text on #DCEEED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #DCEEED.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #DCEEED.
17.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DCEEED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECECED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E9ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7EFEE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCEEED?

#DCEEED is a near-neutral, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 93% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% 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 #DCEEED?

Use black text. Black on #DCEEED has a contrast ratio of 17.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCEEED?

Its complementary colour is #EEDCDD, and analogous partners are #DCEEE4 and #DCE6EE.