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#D6F4E7

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D6F4E7

#D6F4E7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 96% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.2); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F4D6E3 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D6F4E7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.95:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red214
Green244
Blue231

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.2
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 12.0
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #D6F4E7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D6F4E7.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D6F4E7.
17.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D6F4E7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D6F4E7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2F0E6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EDEBE8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0F4F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D6F4E7?

#D6F4E7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 96% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D6F4E7?

Use black text. Black on #D6F4E7 has a contrast ratio of 17.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D6F4E7?

Its complementary colour is #F4D6E3, and analogous partners are #D6F4D8 and #D6F2F4.