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#DEEAD4

Beige · very light cool green

About #DEEAD4

#DEEAD4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 92% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Beige (ΔE 6.5); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E0D4EA — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DEEAD4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.83:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red222
Green234
Blue212

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 6.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 6.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #DEEAD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #DEEAD4.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #DEEAD4.
16.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DEEAD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DEEAD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE7D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE6D5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DFE8E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DEEAD4?

#DEEAD4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 92% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DEEAD4?

Use black text. Black on #DEEAD4 has a contrast ratio of 16.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DEEAD4?

Its complementary colour is #E0D4EA, and analogous partners are #E9EAD4 and #D4EAD5.