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#DAF5DF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DAF5DF

#DAF5DF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 96% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F5DAF0 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAF5DF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green245
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.9
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #DAF5DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAF5DF.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAF5DF.
18.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAF5DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAF5DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5F0DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0EDE0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7F4EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAF5DF?

#DAF5DF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 96% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAF5DF?

Use black text. Black on #DAF5DF has a contrast ratio of 18.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAF5DF?

Its complementary colour is #F5DAF0, and analogous partners are #E3F5DA and #DAF5ED.