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#DDECFD

Ice Blue · very light cool white

About #DDECFD

#DDECFD is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 93% 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 3.0); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDEEDD — a linen tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDECFD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.49:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red221
Green236
Blue253

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 3.0
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 5.5
White
#FFFFFF · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #DDECFD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #DDECFD.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #DDECFD.
17.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DDECFD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6ECFE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E9FD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D5F0F1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDECFD?

#DDECFD is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 93% 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 #DDECFD?

Use black text. Black on #DDECFD has a contrast ratio of 17.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDECFD?

Its complementary colour is #FDEEDD, and analogous partners are #DDFCFD and #DEDDFD.