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#DDF4E6

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DDF4E6

#DDF4E6 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 96% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.8); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F4DDEB — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDF4E6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.16:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red221
Green244
Blue230

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.8
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 9.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #DDF4E6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDF4E6.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDF4E6.
18.16:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDF4E6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDF4E6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3F0E5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFEDE7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9F4F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDF4E6?

#DDF4E6 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 96% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DDF4E6?

Use black text. Black on #DDF4E6 has a contrast ratio of 18.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDF4E6?

Its complementary colour is #F4DDEB, and analogous partners are #E0F4DD and #DDF4F2.