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#dbe8a9 color: Mermaid Tears

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72°
100%

OKLCH

90.6%
0.083
118°
  • ≈ Vanilla
  • Lime
  • Very light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Neutral
  • lime-200
  • Black 9%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.30:1 · Below AALc -17
Black text16.13:1 · AALc 89

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About #dbe8a9

#dbe8a9 is a pastel very light lime color. In OKLCH it has 90.6% lightness, 0.083 chroma and a hue of 118°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.3:1 contrast and black text 16.13:1, 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: #dbe8a9 mixed with white

  1. dbe8a9
  2. deeab2
  3. e2edbb
  4. e6efc3
  5. e9f1cc
  6. edf4d5
  7. f0f6dd
  8. f4f8e6
  9. f8fbee
  10. fbfdf7

Darker: #dbe8a9 mixed with black

  1. dbe8a9
  2. beca92
  3. a2ac7c
  4. 879067
  5. 6d7453
  6. 54593f
  7. 3c402c
  8. 26291b
  9. 11130a
  10. 020301

Calmer: #dbe8a9 with less saturation

  1. dbe8a9
  2. dbe7af
  3. dce7b5
  4. dce6ba
  5. dde5c0
  6. dde4c5
  7. dee3cb
  8. dee2d0
  9. dfe2d5
  10. dfe1db