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#D6FDEE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D6FDEE

With the hex code #D6FDEE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 99% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 5.9 — followed by Ivory. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FDD6E5, a bubblegum shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red214
Green253
Blue238

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.9
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 13.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #D6FDEE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D6FDEE.
1.10:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D6FDEE.
19.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D6FDEE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D6FDEE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF7ED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3F2EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CEFEF8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D6FDEE?

With the hex code #D6FDEE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 99% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D6FDEE?

Use black text. Black on #D6FDEE has a contrast ratio of 19.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D6FDEE?

Its complementary colour is #FDD6E5, and analogous partners are #D6FDDB and #D6F9FD.