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#D5F4EB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D5F4EB

#D5F4EB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 96% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.7); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F4D5DE — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D5F4EB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.97:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red213
Green244
Blue235

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #D5F4EB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D5F4EB.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D5F4EB.
17.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5F4EB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5F4EB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1F0EB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBEBEC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CEF5F1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5F4EB?

#D5F4EB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 96% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D5F4EB?

Use black text. Black on #D5F4EB has a contrast ratio of 17.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5F4EB?

Its complementary colour is #F4D5DE, and analogous partners are #D5F4DB and #D5EEF4.