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#C4E4AA

Matcha · very light cool green

About #C4E4AA

With the hex code #C4E4AA, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 89% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Matcha and Vanilla — a ΔE of 15.6 — followed by Vanilla. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CAAAE4, a wisteria shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.02:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red196
Green228
Blue170

Closest named colours

Matcha
#A9B97F · ΔE 15.6
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 18.0
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 18.5

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

Text on #C4E4AA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on matcha #C4E4AA.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on matcha #C4E4AA.
15.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4E4AA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4E4AA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9DCA6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4D9AD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6DFD4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4E4AA?

With the hex code #C4E4AA, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 89% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C4E4AA?

Use black text. Black on #C4E4AA has a contrast ratio of 15.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4E4AA?

Its complementary colour is #CAAAE4, and analogous partners are #E1E4AA and #AAE4AD.