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#D9F4E1

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #D9F4E1

#D9F4E1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 96% green and 88% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F4D9EC — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D9F4E1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.98:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red217
Green244
Blue225

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.2
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #D9F4E1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D9F4E1.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #D9F4E1.
17.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D9F4E1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D9F4E1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4EFE0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFECE2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D5F3EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D9F4E1?

#D9F4E1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 96% green and 88% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D9F4E1?

Use black text. Black on #D9F4E1 has a contrast ratio of 17.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D9F4E1?

Its complementary colour is #F4D9EC, and analogous partners are #DFF4D9 and #D9F4EF.