#DDDBCC
Bone · very light neutral
About #DDDBCC
#DDDBCC is a near-neutral, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 86% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Bone (ΔE 2.8); Oat comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCCEDD — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDDBCC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.08:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DDDBCC
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #DDDBCC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DDDBCC?
#DDDBCC is a near-neutral, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 86% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
›What text colour should I use on #DDDBCC?
Use black text. Black on #DDDBCC has a contrast ratio of 15.08:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DDDBCC?
Its complementary colour is #CCCEDD, and analogous partners are #DDD3CC and #D7DDCC.