#DFFFBB
Cream · very light cool green
About #DFFFBB
#DFFFBB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 100% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Cream and Butter (ΔE 17.1); Butter comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBBBFF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFFFBB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.16:1, 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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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DFFFBB?
#DFFFBB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 100% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #DFFFBB?
Use black text. Black on #DFFFBB has a contrast ratio of 19.16:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DFFFBB?
Its complementary colour is #DBBBFF, and analogous partners are #FFFDBB and #BDFFBB.