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#D4EDCE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D4EDCE

#D4EDCE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 93% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.4), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E7CEED (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 16.80:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red212
Green237
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 12.7

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

Text on #D4EDCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D4EDCE.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D4EDCE.
16.80:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4EDCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4EDCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFE7CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE5CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3EBE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4EDCE?

#D4EDCE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 83% red, 93% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D4EDCE?

Use black text. Black on #D4EDCE has a contrast ratio of 16.80:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4EDCE?

Its complementary colour is #E7CEED, and analogous partners are #E4EDCE and #CEEDD8.