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#DAEDCF

Beige · very light cool green

About #DAEDCF

#DAEDCF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Beige (ΔE 8.6); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2CFED — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAEDCF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green237
Blue207

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.6
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #DAEDCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #DAEDCF.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #DAEDCF.
17.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DAEDCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E8CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EDE7D0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DAEAE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAEDCF?

#DAEDCF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAEDCF?

Use black text. Black on #DAEDCF has a contrast ratio of 17.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAEDCF?

Its complementary colour is #E2CFED, and analogous partners are #E9EDCF and #CFEDD3.