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#E0FFBB

Cream · very light cool green

About #E0FFBB

With the hex code #E0FFBB, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 100% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Cream and Butter — a ΔE of 16.8 — followed by Butter. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DABBFF, a mauve shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red224
Green255
Blue187

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 16.8
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 17.6
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 18.5

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

Text on #E0FFBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #E0FFBB.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #E0FFBB.
19.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E0FFBB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E0FFBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF6B7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFF4BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3F9ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E0FFBB?

With the hex code #E0FFBB, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 100% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E0FFBB?

Use black text. Black on #E0FFBB has a contrast ratio of 19.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E0FFBB?

Its complementary colour is #DABBFF, and analogous partners are #FFFCBB and #BEFFBB.