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#DBEBD3

Beige · very light cool green

About #DBEBD3

#DBEBD3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 92% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 7.4); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E3D3EB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DBEBD3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red219
Green235
Blue211

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #DBEBD3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #DBEBD3.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #DBEBD3.
16.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBEBD3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBEBD3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE7D2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE6D4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DBE9E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBEBD3?

#DBEBD3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 92% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DBEBD3?

Use black text. Black on #DBEBD3 has a contrast ratio of 16.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBEBD3?

Its complementary colour is #E3D3EB, and analogous partners are #E7EBD3 and #D3EBD7.