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#D4E8DD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D4E8DD

#D4E8DD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 91% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.1); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E8D4DF — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D4E8DD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.39:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red212
Green232
Blue221

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.1
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.6
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #D4E8DD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D4E8DD.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D4E8DD.
16.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4E8DD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4E8DD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E5DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E2DE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D1E8E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4E8DD?

#D4E8DD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 91% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D4E8DD?

Use black text. Black on #D4E8DD has a contrast ratio of 16.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4E8DD?

Its complementary colour is #E8D4DF, and analogous partners are #D5E8D4 and #D4E8E7.