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#DBEEDF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DBEEDF

#DBEEDF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 93% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.3); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EEDBEA — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DBEEDF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red219
Green238
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.2
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.3

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

Text on #DBEEDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DBEEDF.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DBEEDF.
17.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DBEEDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEEADE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE8E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9EDE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBEEDF?

#DBEEDF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 93% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DBEEDF?

Use black text. Black on #DBEEDF has a contrast ratio of 17.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBEEDF?

Its complementary colour is #EEDBEA, and analogous partners are #E0EEDB and #DBEEE9.