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#D0ECDD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D0ECDD

#D0ECDD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 93% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECD0DF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D0ECDD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.72:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red208
Green236
Blue221

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.1
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #D0ECDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D0ECDD.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D0ECDD.
16.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D0ECDD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D0ECDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE8DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E4DE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBECE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D0ECDD?

#D0ECDD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 93% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D0ECDD?

Use black text. Black on #D0ECDD has a contrast ratio of 16.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D0ECDD?

Its complementary colour is #ECD0DF, and analogous partners are #D1ECD0 and #D0ECEB.