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#D9EDD5

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D9EDD5

#D9EDD5 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 93% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.3), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E9D5ED (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red217
Green237
Blue213

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #D9EDD5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D9EDD5.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D9EDD5.
17.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D9EDD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D9EDD5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFE9D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE7D6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D8EBE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D9EDD5?

#D9EDD5 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 93% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D9EDD5?

Use black text. Black on #D9EDD5 has a contrast ratio of 17.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D9EDD5?

Its complementary colour is #E9D5ED, and analogous partners are #E5EDD5 and #D5EDDD.