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#DCFCED

Pale Mint · very light cool white

About #DCFCED

#DCFCED is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 99% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.7), with Ivory the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FCDCEB (lavender), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red220
Green252
Blue237

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.7
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 11.6
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #DCFCED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DCFCED.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DCFCED.
19.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DCFCED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FAF7EC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4F3EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6FCF7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCFCED?

#DCFCED is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 99% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DCFCED?

Use black text. Black on #DCFCED has a contrast ratio of 19.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCFCED?

Its complementary colour is #FCDCEB, and analogous partners are #DCFCDD and #DCFBFC.