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#DBF3DA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DBF3DA

#DBF3DA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 95% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.4); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2DAF3 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DBF3DA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green243
Blue218

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.9
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #DBF3DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DBF3DA.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DBF3DA.
17.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBF3DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBF3DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4EED9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0EBDB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9F1EC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBF3DA?

#DBF3DA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 95% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DBF3DA?

Use black text. Black on #DBF3DA has a contrast ratio of 17.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBF3DA?

Its complementary colour is #F2DAF3, and analogous partners are #E7F3DA and #DAF3E6.