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#DADFC8

Bone · very light warm green

About #DADFC8

#DADFC8 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 6.1); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDC8DF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DADFC8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.37:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green223
Blue200

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.1
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.5
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.2

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

Text on #DADFC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #DADFC8.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #DADFC8.
15.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DADFC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DADFC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DCC7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DDC9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DDDCD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DADFC8?

#DADFC8 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DADFC8?

Use black text. Black on #DADFC8 has a contrast ratio of 15.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DADFC8?

Its complementary colour is #CDC8DF, and analogous partners are #DFD9C8 and #CEDFC8.