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#D4E4C3

Beige · very light cool green

About #D4E4C3

#D4E4C3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 89% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Beige (ΔE 10.3); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3C3E4 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D4E4C3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.68:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red212
Green228
Blue195

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #D4E4C3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #D4E4C3.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #D4E4C3.
15.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4E4C3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4E4C3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8DFC1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5DEC4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6E1DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4E4C3?

#D4E4C3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 89% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D4E4C3?

Use black text. Black on #D4E4C3 has a contrast ratio of 15.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4E4C3?

Its complementary colour is #D3C3E4, and analogous partners are #E4E3C3 and #C3E4C3.