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#DAE0CA

Bone · very light cool green

About #DAE0CA

#DAE0CA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 88% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 6.2); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D0CAE0 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAE0CA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.50:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green224
Blue202

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 6.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.4
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.5

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

Text on #DAE0CA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #DAE0CA.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #DAE0CA.
15.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAE0CA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAE0CA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DDC9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DDCB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DCDDDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAE0CA?

#DAE0CA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 88% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAE0CA?

Use black text. Black on #DAE0CA has a contrast ratio of 15.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAE0CA?

Its complementary colour is #D0CAE0, and analogous partners are #E0DBCA and #CFE0CA.