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#DFF4DF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DFF4DF

With the hex code #DFF4DF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 96% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.4 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #F4DFF4, 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 — 18.14:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red223
Green244
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.0
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #DFF4DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DFF4DF.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DFF4DF.
18.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFF4DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFF4DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F5F0DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F1EDE0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DDF3EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFF4DF?

With the hex code #DFF4DF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 96% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DFF4DF?

Use black text. Black on #DFF4DF has a contrast ratio of 18.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFF4DF?

Its complementary colour is #F4DFF4, and analogous partners are #EAF4DF and #DFF4EA.