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#DAE8BB

Cream · very light cool green

About #DAE8BB

#DAE8BB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 91% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 9% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Cream (ΔE 10.4), with Vanilla the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C9BBE8 (periwinkle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.24:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green232
Blue187

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.4
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 12.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.1

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

Text on #DAE8BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #DAE8BB.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #DAE8BB.
16.24:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAE8BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAE8BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE2B8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE2BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DEE3DC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAE8BB?

#DAE8BB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 91% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 9% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAE8BB?

Use black text. Black on #DAE8BB has a contrast ratio of 16.24:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAE8BB?

Its complementary colour is #C9BBE8, and analogous partners are #E8E0BB and #C3E8BB.