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#DCE0CB

Bone · very light warm green

About #DCE0CB

#DCE0CB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 88% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 5.3); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFCBE0 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DCE0CB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.57:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red220
Green224
Blue203

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.7
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.9

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

Text on #DCE0CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #DCE0CB.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #DCE0CB.
15.57:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DCE0CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DCE0CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DECA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DECC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DFDDDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCE0CB?

#DCE0CB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 88% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DCE0CB?

Use black text. Black on #DCE0CB has a contrast ratio of 15.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCE0CB?

Its complementary colour is #CFCBE0, and analogous partners are #E0D9CB and #D2E0CB.