#E1FFBB
Cream · very light cool green
About #E1FFBB
#E1FFBB is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 88% red, 100% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Cream and Butter (ΔE 16.6), with Butter the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D9BBFF (mauve), its complementary partner.
Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.22:1, 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 #E1FFBB?
#E1FFBB is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 88% red, 100% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #E1FFBB?
Use black text. Black on #E1FFBB has a contrast ratio of 19.22:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #E1FFBB?
Its complementary colour is #D9BBFF, and analogous partners are #FFFBBB and #BFFFBB.