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#dae8a5 color: Mermaid Tears

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73°
100%

OKLCH

90.4%
0.088
118°
  • ≈ Khaki
  • Lime
  • Very light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Neutral
  • lime-200
  • Black 9%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.31:1 · Below AALc -17
Black text16.07:1 · AALc 88

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About #dae8a5

#dae8a5 is a pastel very light lime color. In OKLCH it has 90.4% lightness, 0.088 chroma and a hue of 118°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.31:1 contrast and black text 16.07:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Mermaid Tears (#d9e6a6). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is lime-200.

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Lighter: #dae8a5 mixed with white

  1. dae8a5
  2. deeaae
  3. e1edb8
  4. e5efc1
  5. e8f1ca
  6. ecf4d3
  7. f0f6dc
  8. f4f8e5
  9. f7fbed
  10. fbfdf6

Darker: #dae8a5 mixed with black

  1. dae8a5
  2. bdca8f
  3. a2ac79
  4. 879065
  5. 6c7451
  6. 54593d
  7. 3c402b
  8. 25291a
  9. 11130a
  10. 020301

Calmer: #dae8a5 with less saturation

  1. dae8a5
  2. dae7ab
  3. dbe6b2
  4. dbe6b8
  5. dce5bd
  6. dce4c3
  7. dde3c9
  8. dee2cf
  9. dee1d4
  10. dfe0da