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#DAFEF0

Pale Mint · very light cool white

About #DAFEF0

#DAFEF0 is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 100% green and 94% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.8), with Ivory the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FEDAE8 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.42:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green254
Blue240

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.8
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 12.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #DAFEF0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAFEF0.
1.08:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DAFEF0.
19.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAFEF0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAFEF0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FCF9EF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5F4F1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3FFFA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAFEF0?

#DAFEF0 is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 100% green and 94% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAFEF0?

Use black text. Black on #DAFEF0 has a contrast ratio of 19.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAFEF0?

Its complementary colour is #FEDAE8, and analogous partners are #DAFEDE and #DAFAFE.