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#DFEDDC

Beige · very light cool green

About #DFEDDC

#DFEDDC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 93% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 7.4); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EADCED — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFEDDC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red223
Green237
Blue220

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.4
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #DFEDDC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #DFEDDC.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #DFEDDC.
17.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DFEDDC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEEADB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE8DD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DEECE8

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Triadic

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Tetradic

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFEDDC?

#DFEDDC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 93% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DFEDDC?

Use black text. Black on #DFEDDC has a contrast ratio of 17.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFEDDC?

Its complementary colour is #EADCED, and analogous partners are #E8EDDC and #DCEDE2.