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#D5F4EA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D5F4EA

#D5F4EA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 84% red, 96% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.2), with Off White the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F4D5DF (baby pink), 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 17.96:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red213
Green244
Blue234

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.2
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 12.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #D5F4EA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D5F4EA.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D5F4EA.
17.96:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5F4EA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5F4EA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2F0EA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECEBEB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CEF5F1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5F4EA?

#D5F4EA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 84% red, 96% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D5F4EA?

Use black text. Black on #D5F4EA has a contrast ratio of 17.96:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5F4EA?

Its complementary colour is #F4D5DF, and analogous partners are #D5F4DB and #D5EFF4.