#E2FFBB
Cream · very light cool green
About #E2FFBB
#E2FFBB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 100% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% 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 16.3); Butter comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D8BBFF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #E2FFBB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.26:1, 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 #E2FFBB?
#E2FFBB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 100% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #E2FFBB?
Use black text. Black on #E2FFBB has a contrast ratio of 19.26:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #E2FFBB?
Its complementary colour is #D8BBFF, and analogous partners are #FFFABB and #C0FFBB.