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#DBEFC2

Cream · very light cool green

About #DBEFC2

#DBEFC2 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 94% green and 76% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Cream (ΔE 10.4), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D6C2EF (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 17.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green239
Blue194

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.3
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #DBEFC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #DBEFC2.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #DBEFC2.
17.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBEFC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBEFC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4E9BF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F1E8C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DDEBE2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBEFC2?

#DBEFC2 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 94% green and 76% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DBEFC2?

Use black text. Black on #DBEFC2 has a contrast ratio of 17.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBEFC2?

Its complementary colour is #D6C2EF, and analogous partners are #EFEDC2 and #C5EFC2.