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#DFFDC6

Cream · very light cool green

About #DFFDC6

#DFFDC6 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 99% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Cream (ΔE 13.0); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E4C6FD — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFFDC6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.00:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red223
Green253
Blue198

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 13.0
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 17.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 18.1

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

Text on #DFFDC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #DFFDC6.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #DFFDC6.
19.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFFDC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFFDC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF5C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FEF3C8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1F8EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFFDC6?

#DFFDC6 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 99% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DFFDC6?

Use black text. Black on #DFFDC6 has a contrast ratio of 19.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFFDC6?

Its complementary colour is #E4C6FD, and analogous partners are #FBFDC6 and #C6FDC9.