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#DFF6DE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DFF6DE

#DFF6DE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 96% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.1), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F5DEF6 (lavender), 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 18.37:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red223
Green246
Blue222

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.3
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #DFF6DE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DFF6DE.
1.14:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DFF6DE.
18.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFF6DE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFF6DE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F7F1DD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3EFDF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DDF4EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFF6DE?

#DFF6DE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 96% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DFF6DE?

Use black text. Black on #DFF6DE has a contrast ratio of 18.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFF6DE?

Its complementary colour is #F5DEF6, and analogous partners are #EBF6DE and #DEF6E9.