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#DCECBD

Cream · very light cool green

About #DCECBD

With the hex code #DCECBD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 86% red, 93% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Cream — a ΔE of 10.0 — followed by Vanilla. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CDBDEC, a periwinkle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.78:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red220
Green236
Blue189

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.0
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 13.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.7

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

Text on #DCECBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #DCECBD.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #DCECBD.
16.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DCECBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2E6BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0E6BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E0E7DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCECBD?

With the hex code #DCECBD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 86% red, 93% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DCECBD?

Use black text. Black on #DCECBD has a contrast ratio of 16.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCECBD?

Its complementary colour is #CDBDEC, and analogous partners are #ECE5BD and #C5ECBD.