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#DAEDD8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DAEDD8

#DAEDD8 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EBD8ED — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAEDD8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.09:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green237
Blue216

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #DAEDD8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAEDD8.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAEDD8.
17.09:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAEDD8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAEDD8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE9D7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE7D9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9EBE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAEDD8?

#DAEDD8 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 93% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAEDD8?

Use black text. Black on #DAEDD8 has a contrast ratio of 17.09:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAEDD8?

Its complementary colour is #EBD8ED, and analogous partners are #E4EDD8 and #D8EDE1.