#CBDF91
Matcha · very light cool green
About #CBDF91
#CBDF91 is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 87% green and 57% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 35% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Matcha and Butter (ΔE 16.0), with Butter the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #A591DF (wisteria), its complementary partner.
Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CBDF91
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CBDF91?
#CBDF91 is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 87% green and 57% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 35% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CBDF91?
Use black text. Black on #CBDF91 has a contrast ratio of 14.50:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CBDF91?
Its complementary colour is #A591DF, and analogous partners are #DFCC91 and #A4DF91.