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#D3E1CD

Bone · very light cool green

About #D3E1CD

#D3E1CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 88% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Bone (ΔE 8.6); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBCDE1 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D3E1CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.42:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red211
Green225
Blue205

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #D3E1CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #D3E1CD.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #D3E1CD.
15.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3E1CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3E1CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DECC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0DCCE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3DFDB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3E1CD?

#D3E1CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 88% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D3E1CD?

Use black text. Black on #D3E1CD has a contrast ratio of 15.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3E1CD?

Its complementary colour is #DBCDE1, and analogous partners are #DDE1CD and #CDE1D1.