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#DCFCEE

Pale Mint · very light cool white

About #DCFCEE

#DCFCEE is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 99% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.0); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FCDCEA — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DCFCEE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.20:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red220
Green252
Blue238

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.0
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 11.6
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #DCFCEE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DCFCEE.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DCFCEE.
19.20:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DCFCEE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FAF7ED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4F3EF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6FCF8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCFCEE?

#DCFCEE is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 99% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DCFCEE?

Use black text. Black on #DCFCEE has a contrast ratio of 19.20:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCFCEE?

Its complementary colour is #FCDCEA, and analogous partners are #DCFCDE and #DCFAFC.