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#DBF5DA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DBF5DA

#DBF5DA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 96% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.4), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F4DAF5 (thistle), 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 18.09:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green245
Blue218

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #DBF5DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DBF5DA.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DBF5DA.
18.09:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBF5DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBF5DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6F0D9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2EDDB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9F3ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBF5DA?

#DBF5DA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 96% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DBF5DA?

Use black text. Black on #DBF5DA has a contrast ratio of 18.09:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBF5DA?

Its complementary colour is #F4DAF5, and analogous partners are #E9F5DA and #DAF5E7.