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#D7DECC

Bone · very light cool green

About #D7DECC

#D7DECC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 6.0); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3CCDE — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D7DECC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.21:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red215
Green222
Blue204

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.6

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

Text on #D7DECC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #D7DECC.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #D7DECC.
15.21:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D7DECC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D7DECC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0DCCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFDBCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D8DCD9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D7DECC?

#D7DECC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D7DECC?

Use black text. Black on #D7DECC has a contrast ratio of 15.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D7DECC?

Its complementary colour is #D3CCDE, and analogous partners are #DEDCCC and #CEDECC.