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#CEECB7

Cream · very light cool green

About #CEECB7

#CEECB7 is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 72% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is somewhere between Cream and Pale Mint (ΔE 15.2), with Pale Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D5B7EC (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 — 16.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green236
Blue183

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 15.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 16.9
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 17.1

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

Text on #CEECB7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #CEECB7.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #CEECB7.
16.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEECB7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEECB7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1E4B4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE2B9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFE7DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEECB7?

#CEECB7 is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 72% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEECB7?

Use black text. Black on #CEECB7 has a contrast ratio of 16.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEECB7?

Its complementary colour is #D5B7EC, and analogous partners are #E9ECB7 and #B7ECBA.