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#DAE0CD

Bone · very light cool green

About #DAE0CD

#DAE0CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 88% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Bone (ΔE 5.7); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3CDE0 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAE0CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.52:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green224
Blue205

Closest named colours

Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 5.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.3
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.5

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

Text on #DAE0CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on bone #DAE0CD.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on bone #DAE0CD.
15.52:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAE0CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAE0CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DECC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DDCE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DCDEDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAE0CD?

#DAE0CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 88% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAE0CD?

Use black text. Black on #DAE0CD has a contrast ratio of 15.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAE0CD?

Its complementary colour is #D3CDE0, and analogous partners are #E0DDCD and #D1E0CD.