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#D7E8BB

Cream · very light cool green

About #D7E8BB

#D7E8BB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 84% red, 91% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 9% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Cream (ΔE 11.2), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #CCBBE8 (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.15:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red215
Green232
Blue187

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 11.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.7
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #D7E8BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #D7E8BB.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #D7E8BB.
16.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D7E8BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D7E8BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE2B8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE1BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DAE3DC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D7E8BB?

#D7E8BB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 84% red, 91% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 9% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D7E8BB?

Use black text. Black on #D7E8BB has a contrast ratio of 16.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D7E8BB?

Its complementary colour is #CCBBE8, and analogous partners are #E8E3BB and #C1E8BB.