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#D7EBD4

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D7EBD4

#D7EBD4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 92% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.2); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E8D4EB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D7EBD4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red215
Green235
Blue212

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #D7EBD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D7EBD4.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D7EBD4.
16.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D7EBD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D7EBD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE7D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E5D5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6E9E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D7EBD4?

#D7EBD4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 92% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D7EBD4?

Use black text. Black on #D7EBD4 has a contrast ratio of 16.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D7EBD4?

Its complementary colour is #E8D4EB, and analogous partners are #E3EBD4 and #D4EBDD.