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#DDF0DB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DDF0DB

#DDF0DB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 94% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.7); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EEDBF0 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDF0DB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.56:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red221
Green240
Blue219

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 7.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #DDF0DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDF0DB.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDF0DB.
17.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDF0DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDF0DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1ECDA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EEEADC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DCEEEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDF0DB?

#DDF0DB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 94% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DDF0DB?

Use black text. Black on #DDF0DB has a contrast ratio of 17.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDF0DB?

Its complementary colour is #EEDBF0, and analogous partners are #E8F0DB and #DBF0E3.