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#DBF2D5

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DBF2D5

#DBF2D5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 95% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECD5F2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DBF2D5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.67:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red219
Green242
Blue213

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #DBF2D5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DBF2D5.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DBF2D5.
17.67:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBF2D5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBF2D5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4EDD3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0EBD6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DAF0EA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBF2D5?

#DBF2D5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 95% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DBF2D5?

Use black text. Black on #DBF2D5 has a contrast ratio of 17.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBF2D5?

Its complementary colour is #ECD5F2, and analogous partners are #E9F2D5 and #D5F2DE.