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#DDFEF6

Pale Mint · very light cool white

About #DDFEF6

#DDFEF6 is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 100% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.5), with Ivory the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FEDDE5 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.58:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red221
Green254
Blue246

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.5
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 12.1
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #DDFEF6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDFEF6.
1.07:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DDFEF6.
19.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDFEF6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDFEF6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBFAF6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F4F5F7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D5FFFB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDFEF6?

#DDFEF6 is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 100% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DDFEF6?

Use black text. Black on #DDFEF6 has a contrast ratio of 19.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDFEF6?

Its complementary colour is #FEDDE5, and analogous partners are #DDFEE6 and #DDF6FE.