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#DBEED8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DBEED8

#DBEED8 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 93% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.6), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EBD8EE (lavender), 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 17.23:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green238
Blue216

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.6
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.9
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #DBEED8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DBEED8.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DBEED8.
17.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBEED8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBEED8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFEAD7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE8D9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DAECE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBEED8?

#DBEED8 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 93% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DBEED8?

Use black text. Black on #DBEED8 has a contrast ratio of 17.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBEED8?

Its complementary colour is #EBD8EE, and analogous partners are #E6EED8 and #D8EEE0.