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#D5F2EA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D5F2EA

#D5F2EA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 95% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.3); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2D5DD — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D5F2EA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red213
Green242
Blue234

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.1
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #D5F2EA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D5F2EA.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D5F2EA.
17.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5F2EA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5F2EA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0EEEA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAEAEB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CEF3EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5F2EA?

#D5F2EA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 95% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D5F2EA?

Use black text. Black on #D5F2EA has a contrast ratio of 17.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5F2EA?

Its complementary colour is #F2D5DD, and analogous partners are #D5F2DB and #D5ECF2.