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#DCEEE4

Off White · very light cool green

About #DCEEE4

#DCEEE4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 93% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Off White (ΔE 8.7); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EEDCE6 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DCEEE4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.39:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red220
Green238
Blue228

Closest named colours

Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 8.7
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 9.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #DCEEE4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on off white #DCEEE4.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on off white #DCEEE4.
17.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DCEEE4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DCEEE4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDEBE4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE9E5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9EEEB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCEEE4?

#DCEEE4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 93% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DCEEE4?

Use black text. Black on #DCEEE4 has a contrast ratio of 17.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCEEE4?

Its complementary colour is #EEDCE6, and analogous partners are #DDEEDC and #DCEEED.