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#DDF4DD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DDF4DD

#DDF4DD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 96% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.7); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F4DDF4 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDF4DD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red221
Green244
Blue221

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #DDF4DD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDF4DD.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDF4DD.
18.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDF4DD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDF4DD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5EFDC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F1EDDE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DBF3ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDF4DD?

#DDF4DD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 96% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DDF4DD?

Use black text. Black on #DDF4DD has a contrast ratio of 18.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDF4DD?

Its complementary colour is #F4DDF4, and analogous partners are #E9F4DD and #DDF4E9.