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#DAEFC4

Cream · very light cool green

About #DAEFC4

#DAEFC4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 94% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Cream (ΔE 10.7); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D9C4EF — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAEFC4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.12:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green239
Blue196

Closest named colours

Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 10.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.1

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

Text on #DAEFC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on cream #DAEFC4.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on cream #DAEFC4.
17.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAEFC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAEFC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4E9C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0E7C6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DCEBE3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAEFC4?

#DAEFC4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 94% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAEFC4?

Use black text. Black on #DAEFC4 has a contrast ratio of 17.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAEFC4?

Its complementary colour is #D9C4EF, and analogous partners are #EFEFC4 and #C5EFC4.