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#DCF2EC

Off White · very light cool green

About #DCF2EC

#DCF2EC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 95% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Off White (ΔE 9.0); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2DCE2 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DCF2EC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.96:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red220
Green242
Blue236

Closest named colours

Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 9.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.5
White
#FFFFFF · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #DCF2EC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on off white #DCF2EC.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on off white #DCF2EC.
17.96:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DCF2EC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DCF2EC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0EFEC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECECEC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7F3F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCF2EC?

#DCF2EC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 95% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DCF2EC?

Use black text. Black on #DCF2EC has a contrast ratio of 17.96:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCF2EC?

Its complementary colour is #F2DCE2, and analogous partners are #DCF2E1 and #DCEDF2.