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#D2E5CD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D2E5CD

#D2E5CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 90% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.0); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E0CDE5 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D2E5CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.83:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red210
Green229
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.0
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #D2E5CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D2E5CD.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D2E5CD.
15.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2E5CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2E5CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E1CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DFCE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D1E3DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2E5CD?

#D2E5CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 90% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D2E5CD?

Use black text. Black on #D2E5CD has a contrast ratio of 15.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2E5CD?

Its complementary colour is #E0CDE5, and analogous partners are #DEE5CD and #CDE5D4.