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#D8ECBD

Cream · very light cool green

About #D8ECBD

#D8ECBD is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Cream (ΔE 11.2); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D1BDEC — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D8ECBD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.65:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red216
Green236
Blue189

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 11.2
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 14.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.5

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

Text on #D8ECBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #D8ECBD.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #D8ECBD.
16.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D8ECBD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D8ECBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1E6BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EEE5BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DBE7DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D8ECBD?

#D8ECBD is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D8ECBD?

Use black text. Black on #D8ECBD has a contrast ratio of 16.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D8ECBD?

Its complementary colour is #D1BDEC, and analogous partners are #ECE9BD and #C1ECBD.