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#DFF4D5

Beige · very light cool green

About #DFF4D5

#DFF4D5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 96% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Beige (ΔE 8.4); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EAD5F4 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFF4D5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.04:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red223
Green244
Blue213

Closest named colours

Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #DFF4D5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on beige #DFF4D5.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on beige #DFF4D5.
18.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFF4D5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFF4D5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F7EFD3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3EDD6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DFF1EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFF4D5?

#DFF4D5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 96% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DFF4D5?

Use black text. Black on #DFF4D5 has a contrast ratio of 18.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFF4D5?

Its complementary colour is #EAD5F4, and analogous partners are #EFF4D5 and #D5F4DB.