ColorXprez

#DAECE2

Off White · very light cool green

About #DAECE2

#DAECE2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Off White (ΔE 9.1); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECDAE4 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAECE2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.08:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red218
Green236
Blue226

Closest named colours

Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 9.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.9
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #DAECE2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on off white #DAECE2.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on off white #DAECE2.
17.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAECE2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAECE2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE9E2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E7E3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7ECE9

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAECE2?

#DAECE2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAECE2?

Use black text. Black on #DAECE2 has a contrast ratio of 17.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAECE2?

Its complementary colour is #ECDAE4, and analogous partners are #DBECDA and #DAECEB.