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#DFF7F3

Ice Blue · very light cool white

About #DFF7F3

#DFF7F3 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 97% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 3% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Ice Blue (ΔE 8.9); Off White comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F7DFE3 — a linen tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFF7F3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red223
Green247
Blue243

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.9
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 9.1
White
#FFFFFF · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #DFF7F3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #DFF7F3.
1.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #DFF7F3.
18.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFF7F3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFF7F3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4F4F3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFF0F3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9F8F6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFF7F3?

#DFF7F3 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 97% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 3% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DFF7F3?

Use black text. Black on #DFF7F3 has a contrast ratio of 18.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFF7F3?

Its complementary colour is #F7DFE3, and analogous partners are #DFF7E7 and #DFEFF7.