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#DAECDF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DAECDF

#DAECDF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.1); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECDAE7 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAECDF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.04:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green236
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.1
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.4
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #DAECDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAECDF.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAECDF.
17.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DAECDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE9DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E7E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D8EBE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAECDF?

#DAECDF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAECDF?

Use black text. Black on #DAECDF has a contrast ratio of 17.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAECDF?

Its complementary colour is #ECDAE7, and analogous partners are #DEECDA and #DAECE8.