#D5FDBC
Cream · very light cool green
About #D5FDBC
With the hex code #D5FDBC, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 99% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Cream and Seafoam — a ΔE of 18.7 — followed by Seafoam. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E4BCFD, a mauve shade.
In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #D5FDBC?
With the hex code #D5FDBC, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 99% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #D5FDBC?
Use black text. Black on #D5FDBC has a contrast ratio of 18.61:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #D5FDBC?
Its complementary colour is #E4BCFD, and analogous partners are #F6FDBC and #BCFDC3.