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#DCECC4

Cream · very light cool green

About #DCECC4

#DCECC4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 93% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Cream (ΔE 10.0), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D4C4EC (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red220
Green236
Blue196

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.0
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 12.9

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

Text on #DCECC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #DCECC4.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #DCECC4.
16.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DCECC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DCECC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1E7C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EEE6C6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DFE8E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCECC4?

#DCECC4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 93% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DCECC4?

Use black text. Black on #DCECC4 has a contrast ratio of 16.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCECC4?

Its complementary colour is #D4C4EC, and analogous partners are #ECE8C4 and #C8ECC4.