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#D3ECB9

Cream · very light cool green

About #D3ECB9

#D3ECB9 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 93% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Cream (ΔE 13.2); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D2B9EC — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D3ECB9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.47:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red211
Green236
Blue185

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 13.2
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 15.5
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 16.3

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

Text on #D3ECB9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #D3ECB9.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #D3ECB9.
16.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3ECB9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3ECB9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1E5B6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EDE3BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D5E7DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3ECB9?

#D3ECB9 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 93% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D3ECB9?

Use black text. Black on #D3ECB9 has a contrast ratio of 16.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3ECB9?

Its complementary colour is #D2B9EC, and analogous partners are #ECECB9 and #B9ECB9.