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#DAEFD5

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DAEFD5

#DAEFD5 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 94% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.3), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EAD5EF (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.29:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green239
Blue213

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #DAEFD5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAEFD5.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAEFD5.
17.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAEFD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAEFD5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1EAD4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EDE8D6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9EDE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAEFD5?

#DAEFD5 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 94% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAEFD5?

Use black text. Black on #DAEFD5 has a contrast ratio of 17.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAEFD5?

Its complementary colour is #EAD5EF, and analogous partners are #E7EFD5 and #D5EFDD.