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#DAFEEF

Pale Mint · very light cool white

About #DAFEEF

With the hex code #DAFEEF, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 100% green and 94% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 6.5 — followed by Ivory. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FEDAE9, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green254
Blue239

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.5
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 12.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #DAFEEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAFEEF.
1.08:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAFEEF.
19.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DAFEEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FCF9EE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5F4F0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3FEF9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAFEEF?

With the hex code #DAFEEF, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 100% green and 94% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DAFEEF?

Use black text. Black on #DAFEEF has a contrast ratio of 19.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAFEEF?

Its complementary colour is #FEDAE9, and analogous partners are #DAFEDD and #DAFBFE.