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#D4EADB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D4EADB

#D4EADB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 92% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.3); Eggshell comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EAD4E3 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D4EADB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.59:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red212
Green234
Blue219

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #D4EADB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D4EADB.
1.27:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D4EADB.
16.59:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4EADB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4EADB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAE6DA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E3DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D1E9E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4EADB?

#D4EADB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 92% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D4EADB?

Use black text. Black on #D4EADB has a contrast ratio of 16.59:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4EADB?

Its complementary colour is #EAD4E3, and analogous partners are #D8EAD4 and #D4EAE6.