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#D7FDBC

Cream · very light cool green

About #D7FDBC

#D7FDBC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 99% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Cream and Butter (ΔE 18.1); Butter comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2BCFD — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D7FDBC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.67:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red215
Green253
Blue188

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 18.1
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 20.3
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 20.3

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

Text on #D7FDBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #D7FDBC.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #D7FDBC.
18.67:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D7FDBC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D7FDBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF3B8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FDF0BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D8F8EC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D7FDBC?

#D7FDBC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 99% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D7FDBC?

Use black text. Black on #D7FDBC has a contrast ratio of 18.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D7FDBC?

Its complementary colour is #E2BCFD, and analogous partners are #F7FDBC and #BCFDC2.