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#DAECB5

Cream · very light cool green

About #DAECB5

#DAECB5 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 23% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Cream (ΔE 11.9); Vanilla comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C7B5EC — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAECB5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.65:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green236
Blue181

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 11.9
Vanilla
#F3E5AB · ΔE 12.5
Butter
#FFF1A8 · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #DAECB5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #DAECB5.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #DAECB5.
16.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAECB5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAECB5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3E5B2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0E5B7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DEE6DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAECB5?

#DAECB5 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 23% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAECB5?

Use black text. Black on #DAECB5 has a contrast ratio of 16.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAECB5?

Its complementary colour is #C7B5EC, and analogous partners are #ECE3B5 and #BFECB5.