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#D6E7CD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D6E7CD

#D6E7CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 91% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.7); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DECDE7 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D6E7CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.17:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red214
Green231
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.4

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

Text on #D6E7CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D6E7CD.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D6E7CD.
16.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D6E7CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D6E7CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E3CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E1CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6E5DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D6E7CD?

#D6E7CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 91% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D6E7CD?

Use black text. Black on #D6E7CD has a contrast ratio of 16.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D6E7CD?

Its complementary colour is #DECDE7, and analogous partners are #E3E7CD and #CDE7D1.