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#DFEFC2

Cream · very light cool green

About #DFEFC2

#DFEFC2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 94% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Cream (ΔE 9.1); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D2C2EF — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFEFC2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.26:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red223
Green239
Blue194

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 9.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.4
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #DFEFC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #DFEFC2.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #DFEFC2.
17.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFEFC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFEFC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5E9BF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2E9C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2EAE2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFEFC2?

#DFEFC2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 94% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DFEFC2?

Use black text. Black on #DFEFC2 has a contrast ratio of 17.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFEFC2?

Its complementary colour is #D2C2EF, and analogous partners are #EFE9C2 and #C9EFC2.