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#D7ECDD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D7ECDD

With the hex code #D7ECDD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 93% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.6 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ECD7E6, a lavender shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red215
Green236
Blue221

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.6
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #D7ECDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D7ECDD.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D7ECDD.
16.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D7ECDD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D7ECDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE8DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E6DE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4EBE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D7ECDD?

With the hex code #D7ECDD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 93% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D7ECDD?

Use black text. Black on #D7ECDD has a contrast ratio of 16.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D7ECDD?

Its complementary colour is #ECD7E6, and analogous partners are #DBECD7 and #D7ECE7.