HEX atlas value

#DAFECD

#DAFECD is a cool green HEX color nearest Pastel Mint. RGB 218, 254, 205, HSL 104° 96% 90%, luminance 0.902; view contrast and conversions.

green cool light pastel

#DAFECD Sample readable text

HEX #DAFECD

RGB rgb(218, 254, 205)

HSL hsl(104 96% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(14, 0, 19, 0)

Luminance 0.902

Contrast Black 19.04:1White 1.1:1

CSS

--color-dafecd: #DAFECD;
.background-dafecd { background-color: #DAFECD; }
.text-dafecd { color: #DAFECD; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DAFECD

#DAFECD is classified as a cool green value with light and pastel visual character. #DAFECD is visually closest to Pastel Mint, a named green color with HEX #CEFAD0.

The RGB channels are 218, 254, and 205, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 104deg with 96% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.902, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 13.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text19.04:1AA Pass

White text1.1:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DAFECD needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000019.04:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.1:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #F3FECD#F3FECD · #000000 text · best 19.87:1 #DAFFCC#DAFFCC · #000000 text · best 19.16:1 Beige#F5F5DC · #000000 text · best 18.98:1 #CDFED8#CDFED8 · #000000 text · best 18.76:1

Generated Palette

#DAFECD#DAFECD

#F1CDFE#F1CDFE

#F3FECD#F3FECD

#CDFED8#CDFED8

White#FFFFFF

#98FC73#98FC73

Color Harmonies

#F1CDFE#F1CDFE

#F3FECD#F3FECD

#CDFED8#CDFED8

#CDDAFE#CDDAFE

#FECDDA#FECDDA

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#98FC73#98FC73

#DAFFCC#DAFFCC

#DDF8D3#DDF8D3

White#FFFFFF

#F8FFF5#F8FFF5

Nearest Named Colors

Pastel Mint#CEFAD0

Soft Mint#D5F5E3

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Parchment#F1E9D2

Beige#F5F5DC

Luminance0.902

Black text19.04:1AA Pass

White text1.1:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#DAFECD","rgb":[218,254,205],"hsl":[104,96,90],"cmyk":[14,0,19,0],"luminance":0.902,"contrast":{"black":19.04,"white":1.1}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":19.04,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.1,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F3FECD","hex":"#F3FECD","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.87,"contrastWhite":1.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#DAFFCC","hex":"#DAFFCC","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.16,"contrastWhite":1.1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Beige","hex":"#F5F5DC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.98,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#CDFED8","hex":"#CDFED8","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.76,"contrastWhite":1.12,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","light","pastel","light green","pastel green","Pastel Mint adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/dafecd.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-mint.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-mint.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/eggshell.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#F1CDFE","analogous":["#F3FECD","#CDFED8"],"triadic":["#CDDAFE","#FECDDA"],"tetradic":["#CDF3FE","#F1CDFE","#FED8CD"],"splitComplementary":["#D8CDFE","#FECDF3"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#DAFECD","#98FC73"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#98FC73","saturated":"#DAFFCC","desaturated":"#DDF8D3","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#F8FFF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pastel-mint","name":"Pastel Mint","hex":"#CEFAD0","distance":13},{"slug":"soft-mint","name":"Soft Mint","hex":"#D5F5E3","distance":24.289915602982237},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":31.064449134018133},{"slug":"parchment","name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","distance":31.54362059117501},{"slug":"beige","name":"Beige","hex":"#F5F5DC","distance":32.17141588429082}]

#DAFECD

CSS

About #DAFECD

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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