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#DAEBD4

Beige · very light cool green

About #DAEBD4

#DAEBD4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 92% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 7.8); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E5D4EB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAEBD4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.82:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green235
Blue212

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.6

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

Text on #DAEBD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #DAEBD4.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #DAEBD4.
16.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAEBD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAEBD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE7D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE5D5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DAE9E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAEBD4?

#DAEBD4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 92% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAEBD4?

Use black text. Black on #DAEBD4 has a contrast ratio of 16.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAEBD4?

Its complementary colour is #E5D4EB, and analogous partners are #E5EBD4 and #D4EBDA.