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#D7EDCE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D7EDCE

#D7EDCE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 84% red, 93% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.2), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E4CEED (thistle), 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 16.89:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red215
Green237
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #D7EDCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D7EDCE.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D7EDCE.
16.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D7EDCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D7EDCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E8CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE6CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7EAE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D7EDCE?

#D7EDCE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 84% red, 93% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D7EDCE?

Use black text. Black on #D7EDCE has a contrast ratio of 16.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D7EDCE?

Its complementary colour is #E4CEED, and analogous partners are #E6EDCE and #CEEDD5.