#DBFFBF
Cream · very light cool green
About #DBFFBF
#DBFFBF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 100% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Cream and Butter (ΔE 17.0); Butter comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E3BFFF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #DBFFBF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.07:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DBFFBF
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DBFFBF?
#DBFFBF is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 100% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #DBFFBF?
Use black text. Black on #DBFFBF has a contrast ratio of 19.07:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DBFFBF?
Its complementary colour is #E3BFFF, and analogous partners are #FBFFBF and #BFFFC3.