#DEECBD
Cream · very light cool green
About #DEECBD
#DEECBD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Cream (ΔE 9.4); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CBBDEC — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #DEECBD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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How #DEECBD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DEECBD?
#DEECBD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #DEECBD?
Use black text. Black on #DEECBD has a contrast ratio of 16.84:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DEECBD?
Its complementary colour is #CBBDEC, and analogous partners are #ECE3BD and #C7ECBD.