ColorXprez

#DDFDF1

Pale Mint · very light cool white

About #DDFDF1

#DDFDF1 is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 99% green and 95% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.9), with Ivory the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FDDDE9 (lavender), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.39:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red221
Green253
Blue241

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.9
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 11.5
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #DDFDF1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDFDF1.
1.08:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDFDF1.
19.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDFDF1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDFDF1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF8F0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5F4F2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6FEF9

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDFDF1?

#DDFDF1 is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 99% green and 95% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DDFDF1?

Use black text. Black on #DDFDF1 has a contrast ratio of 19.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDFDF1?

Its complementary colour is #FDDDE9, and analogous partners are #DDFDE1 and #DDF9FD.