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#DBE2BA

Cream · very light warm green

About #DBE2BA

#DBE2BA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 89% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Cream (ΔE 10.8), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C1BAE2 (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.60:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green226
Blue186

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 11.2
Wheat
#F5DEB3 · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #DBE2BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #DBE2BA.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #DBE2BA.
15.60:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBE2BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBE2BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8DEB8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7DEBC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E0DDD7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBE2BA?

#DBE2BA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 89% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBE2BA?

Use black text. Black on #DBE2BA has a contrast ratio of 15.60:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBE2BA?

Its complementary colour is #C1BAE2, and analogous partners are #E2D5BA and #C7E2BA.