#DBDDCC
Bone · very light warm green
About #DBDDCC
#DBDDCC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 4.1); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CECCDD — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #DBDDCC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.23:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DBDDCC
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #DBDDCC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DBDDCC?
#DBDDCC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #DBDDCC?
Use black text. Black on #DBDDCC has a contrast ratio of 15.23:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DBDDCC?
Its complementary colour is #CECCDD, and analogous partners are #DDD7CC and #D3DDCC.