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#DDFDEF

Pale Mint · very light cool white

About #DDFDEF

#DDFDEF is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 99% green and 94% 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 7.3); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDDDEB — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDFDEF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.37:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red221
Green253
Blue239

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.3
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 11.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #DDFDEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDFDEF.
1.08:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDFDEF.
19.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DDFDEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF8EE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5F4F0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7FDF9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDFDEF?

#DDFDEF is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 99% green and 94% 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 #DDFDEF?

Use black text. Black on #DDFDEF has a contrast ratio of 19.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDFDEF?

Its complementary colour is #FDDDEB, and analogous partners are #DDFDDF and #DDFBFD.