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#D6FDEC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D6FDEC

#D6FDEC is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 84% red, 99% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.3), with Ivory the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FDD6E7 (bubblegum), 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 19.12:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red214
Green253
Blue236

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.3
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 14.0
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #D6FDEC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D6FDEC.
1.10:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D6FDEC.
19.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D6FDEC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D6FDEC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF7EB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4F2ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CEFDF8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D6FDEC?

#D6FDEC is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 84% red, 99% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D6FDEC?

Use black text. Black on #D6FDEC has a contrast ratio of 19.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D6FDEC?

Its complementary colour is #FDD6E7, and analogous partners are #D6FDD9 and #D6FBFD.