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#D2E5CE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D2E5CE

With the hex code #D2E5CE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 82% red, 90% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.9 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E1CEE5, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red210
Green229
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #D2E5CE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D2E5CE.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D2E5CE.
15.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2E5CE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2E5CE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E1CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DFCF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D1E3DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2E5CE?

With the hex code #D2E5CE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 82% red, 90% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D2E5CE?

Use black text. Black on #D2E5CE has a contrast ratio of 15.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2E5CE?

Its complementary colour is #E1CEE5, and analogous partners are #DEE5CE and #CEE5D6.