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#D8DDCC

Bone · very light cool green

About #D8DDCC

#D8DDCC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% 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 5.2); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D1CCDD — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D8DDCC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.13:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red216
Green221
Blue204

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.9
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.0

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

Text on #D8DDCC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #D8DDCC.
1.39:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #D8DDCC.
15.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D8DDCC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D8DDCC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0DBCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFDBCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DADBD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D8DDCC?

#D8DDCC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D8DDCC?

Use black text. Black on #D8DDCC has a contrast ratio of 15.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D8DDCC?

Its complementary colour is #D1CCDD, and analogous partners are #DDDACC and #D0DDCC.