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#D3EDBB

Cream · very light cool green

About #D3EDBB

#D3EDBB 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, 21% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Cream (ΔE 13.2); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D5BBED — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D3EDBB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.60:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red211
Green237
Blue187

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 13.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 15.7
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 15.9

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

Text on #D3EDBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #D3EDBB.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #D3EDBB.
16.60:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3EDBB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3EDBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2E6B8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EEE4BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D5E8DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3EDBB?

#D3EDBB 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, 21% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D3EDBB?

Use black text. Black on #D3EDBB has a contrast ratio of 16.60:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3EDBB?

Its complementary colour is #D5BBED, and analogous partners are #ECEDBB and #BBEDBC.