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#D5DFCA

Bone · very light cool green

About #D5DFCA

#D5DFCA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 87% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 7.3); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D4CADF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D5DFCA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.24:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red213
Green223
Blue202

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.6

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

Text on #D5DFCA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #D5DFCA.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #D5DFCA.
15.24:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5DFCA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5DFCA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DCC9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0DBCB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6DDD9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5DFCA?

#D5DFCA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 87% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D5DFCA?

Use black text. Black on #D5DFCA has a contrast ratio of 15.24:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5DFCA?

Its complementary colour is #D4CADF, and analogous partners are #DFDFCA and #CBDFCA.