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#E0FFB2

Butter · very light cool green

About #E0FFB2

With the hex code #E0FFB2, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 100% green and 70% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Butter and Pale Yellow — a ΔE of 17.4 — followed by Pale Yellow. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D1B2FF, a mauve shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.12:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red224
Green255
Blue178

Closest named colours

Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 17.4
Pale Yellow
#FDFD96 · ΔE 17.7
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 20.0

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

Text on #E0FFB2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on butter #E0FFB2.
1.10:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on butter #E0FFB2.
19.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E0FFB2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E0FFB2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF5AD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF4B6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4F8EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E0FFB2?

With the hex code #E0FFB2, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 100% green and 70% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E0FFB2?

Use black text. Black on #E0FFB2 has a contrast ratio of 19.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E0FFB2?

Its complementary colour is #D1B2FF, and analogous partners are #FFF8B2 and #BAFFB2.