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#DAF5EE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DAF5EE

#DAF5EE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 96% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.4); Off White comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F5DAE1 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAF5EE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green245
Blue238

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.4
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 10.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #DAF5EE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAF5EE.
1.15:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAF5EE.
18.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAF5EE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAF5EE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3F1EE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EDEEEF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4F6F3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAF5EE?

#DAF5EE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 96% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAF5EE?

Use black text. Black on #DAF5EE has a contrast ratio of 18.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAF5EE?

Its complementary colour is #F5DAE1, and analogous partners are #DAF5E1 and #DAEFF5.