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#E2FCFD

Ice Blue · very light cool white

About #E2FCFD

#E2FCFD is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 99% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 7.5); White comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDE3E2 — a linen tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E2FCFD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.58:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red226
Green252
Blue253

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 7.5
White
#FFFFFF · ΔE 9.3
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #E2FCFD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #E2FCFD.
1.07:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #E2FCFD.
19.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2FCFD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2FCFD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F8F9FD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3F5FD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DAFEFC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2FCFD?

#E2FCFD is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 99% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E2FCFD?

Use black text. Black on #E2FCFD has a contrast ratio of 19.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2FCFD?

Its complementary colour is #FDE3E2, and analogous partners are #E2FDF0 and #E2EFFD.