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#DDEFCD

Beige · very light cool green

About #DDEFCD

#DDEFCD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Beige (ΔE 8.8); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFCDEF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDEFCD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red221
Green239
Blue205

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.2
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #DDEFCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #DDEFCD.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #DDEFCD.
17.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DDEFCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3EACB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0E9CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DEECE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDEFCD?

#DDEFCD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DDEFCD?

Use black text. Black on #DDEFCD has a contrast ratio of 17.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDEFCD?

Its complementary colour is #DFCDEF, and analogous partners are #EEEFCD and #CDEFCE.