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#D4E4C6

Beige · very light cool green

About #D4E4C6

#D4E4C6 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 89% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Beige (ΔE 9.7); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D6C6E4 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D4E4C6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.71:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red212
Green228
Blue198

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #D4E4C6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #D4E4C6.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #D4E4C6.
15.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4E4C6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4E4C6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7DFC4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5DEC7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D5E1DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4E4C6?

#D4E4C6 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 89% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D4E4C6?

Use black text. Black on #D4E4C6 has a contrast ratio of 15.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4E4C6?

Its complementary colour is #D6C6E4, and analogous partners are #E3E4C6 and #C6E4C7.