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#D0EADF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D0EADF

#D0EADF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 92% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.5); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EAD0DB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D0EADF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.52:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red208
Green234
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.5
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.9
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #D0EADF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D0EADF.
1.27:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D0EADF.
16.52:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D0EADF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D0EADF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E6DF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E3E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBEAE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D0EADF?

#D0EADF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 92% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D0EADF?

Use black text. Black on #D0EADF has a contrast ratio of 16.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D0EADF?

Its complementary colour is #EAD0DB, and analogous partners are #D0EAD2 and #D0E8EA.