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#DBF1CA

Cream · very light cool green

About #DBF1CA

#DBF1CA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 95% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Cream (ΔE 11.0); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E0CAF1 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DBF1CA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.45:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green241
Blue202

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 11.0
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 11.3

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

Text on #DBF1CA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #DBF1CA.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #DBF1CA.
17.45:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBF1CA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBF1CA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5EBC8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F1E9CC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DCEDE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBF1CA?

#DBF1CA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 95% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DBF1CA?

Use black text. Black on #DBF1CA has a contrast ratio of 17.45:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBF1CA?

Its complementary colour is #E0CAF1, and analogous partners are #EEF1CA and #CAF1CD.