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#CDEBB7

Cream · very light cool green

About #CDEBB7

#CDEBB7 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 92% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Cream and Pale Mint (ΔE 15.2); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D5B7EB — a wisteria tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDEBB7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.16:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green235
Blue183

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 15.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 16.5
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 17.2

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

Text on #CDEBB7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #CDEBB7.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #CDEBB7.
16.16:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDEBB7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDEBB7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E3B4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE1B9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CEE7DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEBB7?

#CDEBB7 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 92% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDEBB7?

Use black text. Black on #CDEBB7 has a contrast ratio of 16.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDEBB7?

Its complementary colour is #D5B7EB, and analogous partners are #E7EBB7 and #B7EBBB.