ColorXprez

#EAF4FC

Ice Blue · very light neutral

About #EAF4FC

#EAF4FC is a very light, near-neutral white colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 96% green and 99% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 7% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Visually it is very close to Ice Blue (ΔE 4.5), with White the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FCF2EA (linen), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red234
Green244
Blue252

Closest named colours

Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 4.5
White
#FFFFFF · ΔE 6.8
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 7.2

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

Text on #EAF4FC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #EAF4FC.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on ice blue #EAF4FC.
18.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAF4FC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAF4FC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1F4FC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EEF2FC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E6F6F6

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAF4FC?

#EAF4FC is a very light, near-neutral white colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 96% green and 99% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 7% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #EAF4FC?

Use black text. Black on #EAF4FC has a contrast ratio of 18.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAF4FC?

Its complementary colour is #FCF2EA, and analogous partners are #EAFCFB and #EAEBFC.