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#DEE1CE

Bone · very light warm green

About #DEE1CE

#DEE1CE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 88% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 4.8); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D1CEE1 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DEE1CE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.77:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red222
Green225
Blue206

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 4.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 5.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.9

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

Text on #DEE1CE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #DEE1CE.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #DEE1CE.
15.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DEE1CE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DEE1CE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DFCD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4DFCF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E0DFDB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DEE1CE?

#DEE1CE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 88% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DEE1CE?

Use black text. Black on #DEE1CE has a contrast ratio of 15.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DEE1CE?

Its complementary colour is #D1CEE1, and analogous partners are #E1DBCE and #D5E1CE.