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#dce8a5 color: Mermaid Tears

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71°
100%

OKLCH

90.6%
0.088
116°
  • ≈ Vanilla
  • Lime
  • Very light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Neutral
  • amber-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 #dce8a5

#dce8a5 is a pastel very light lime color. In OKLCH it has 90.6% lightness, 0.088 chroma and a hue of 116°.

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 amber-200.

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Lighter: #dce8a5 mixed with white

  1. dce8a5
  2. dfeaae
  3. e3edb8
  4. e6efc1
  5. eaf1ca
  6. edf4d3
  7. f1f6dc
  8. f4f8e5
  9. f8fbed
  10. fbfdf6

Darker: #dce8a5 mixed with black

  1. dce8a5
  2. bfca8f
  3. a3ac79
  4. 889065
  5. 6e7451
  6. 54593d
  7. 3c402b
  8. 26291a
  9. 11130a
  10. 020301

Calmer: #dce8a5 with less saturation

  1. dce8a5
  2. dce7ab
  3. dde7b2
  4. dde6b8
  5. dde5be
  6. dee4c4
  7. dee3c9
  8. dee3cf
  9. dfe2d5
  10. dfe1da