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#D7DBBB

Oat · very light warm green

About #D7DBBB

With the hex code #D7DBBB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 86% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Oat — a ΔE of 8.7 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BFBBDB, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red215
Green219
Blue187

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #D7DBBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #D7DBBB.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #D7DBBB.
14.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D7DBBB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D7DBBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0D8B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0D9BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DBD7D2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D7DBBB?

With the hex code #D7DBBB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 86% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D7DBBB?

Use black text. Black on #D7DBBB has a contrast ratio of 14.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D7DBBB?

Its complementary colour is #BFBBDB, and analogous partners are #DBCFBB and #C7DBBB.