#D7FFB5
Butter · very light cool green
About #D7FFB5
With the hex code #D7FFB5, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 100% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Butter and Pale Yellow — a ΔE of 20.6 — followed by Pale Yellow. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DDB5FF, a mauve 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 — 18.86:1, 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 #D7FFB5?
With the hex code #D7FFB5, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 100% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #D7FFB5?
Use black text. Black on #D7FFB5 has a contrast ratio of 18.86:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #D7FFB5?
Its complementary colour is #DDB5FF, and analogous partners are #FCFFB5 and #B5FFB8.