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#D3E5CE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D3E5CE

#D3E5CE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 90% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.3), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E0CEE5 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.87:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red211
Green229
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.6

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

Text on #D3E5CE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D3E5CE.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D3E5CE.
15.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3E5CE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3E5CE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E1CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4DFCF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D2E3DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3E5CE?

#D3E5CE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 90% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D3E5CE?

Use black text. Black on #D3E5CE has a contrast ratio of 15.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3E5CE?

Its complementary colour is #E0CEE5, and analogous partners are #DFE5CE and #CEE5D5.