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#DEF6ED

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DEF6ED

With the hex code #DEF6ED, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 96% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 9.4 — followed by Off White. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #F6DEE7, a lavender shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.51:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red222
Green246
Blue237

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.4
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 9.5
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 10.0

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

Text on #DEF6ED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DEF6ED.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DEF6ED.
18.51:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DEF6ED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DEF6ED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4F3ED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0EFEE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9F6F3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DEF6ED?

With the hex code #DEF6ED, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 96% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DEF6ED?

Use black text. Black on #DEF6ED has a contrast ratio of 18.51:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DEF6ED?

Its complementary colour is #F6DEE7, and analogous partners are #DEF6E1 and #DEF3F6.