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#D2EECD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D2EECD

#D2EECD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 93% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E9CDEE — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D2EECD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.85:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red210
Green238
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 11.9
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #D2EECD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D2EECD.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D2EECD.
16.85:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2EECD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2EECD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E8CB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE5CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D1ECE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2EECD?

#D2EECD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 93% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D2EECD?

Use black text. Black on #D2EECD has a contrast ratio of 16.85:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2EECD?

Its complementary colour is #E9CDEE, and analogous partners are #E3EECD and #CDEED9.