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#DAE7CF

Beige · very light cool green

About #DAE7CF

#DAE7CF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 91% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 7.5); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DCCFE7 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAE7CF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green231
Blue207

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 7.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #DAE7CF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #DAE7CF.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #DAE7CF.
16.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAE7CF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAE7CF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAE3CE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E2D0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DBE5E0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAE7CF?

#DAE7CF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 91% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAE7CF?

Use black text. Black on #DAE7CF has a contrast ratio of 16.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAE7CF?

Its complementary colour is #DCCFE7, and analogous partners are #E6E7CF and #CFE7D0.