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#DCCFCA

Light Gray · very light neutral

About #DCCFCA

#DCCFCA is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 81% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 8% yellow and 14% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Gray (ΔE 5.5); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CAD7DC — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DCCFCA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.82:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red220
Green207
Blue202

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 5.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.2
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.9

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

Text on #DCCFCA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #DCCFCA.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #DCCFCA.
13.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DCCFCA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2D0CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D3CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E0CDCE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCCFCA?

#DCCFCA is a near-neutral, very light shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 81% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 8% yellow and 14% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #DCCFCA?

Use black text. Black on #DCCFCA has a contrast ratio of 13.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCCFCA?

Its complementary colour is #CAD7DC, and analogous partners are #DCCACE and #DCD8CA.