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#DDF6EA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DDF6EA

#DDF6EA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 96% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.1); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F6DDE9 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDF6EA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.44:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red221
Green246
Blue234

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.1
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 10.1
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #DDF6EA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDF6EA.
1.14:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDF6EA.
18.44:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDF6EA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDF6EA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5F2E9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0EFEB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D8F6F2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDF6EA?

#DDF6EA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 96% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DDF6EA?

Use black text. Black on #DDF6EA has a contrast ratio of 18.44:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDF6EA?

Its complementary colour is #F6DDE9, and analogous partners are #DDF6DE and #DDF5F6.