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#E2EDFD

Ice Blue · very light cool white

About #E2EDFD

#E2EDFD is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 93% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 3.5); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDF2E2 — a linen tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E2EDFD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red226
Green237
Blue253

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 3.5
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 4.6
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #E2EDFD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #E2EDFD.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #E2EDFD.
17.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2EDFD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2EDFD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8EDFE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5EBFD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DCF0F2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2EDFD?

#E2EDFD is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 93% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E2EDFD?

Use black text. Black on #E2EDFD has a contrast ratio of 17.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2EDFD?

Its complementary colour is #FDF2E2, and analogous partners are #E2FBFD and #E4E2FD.