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#DFF7DB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #DFF7DB

#DFF7DB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 97% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 3% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F3DBF7 — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFF7DB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.46:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red223
Green247
Blue219

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #DFF7DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DFF7DB.
1.14:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #DFF7DB.
18.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFF7DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFF7DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F9F2DA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5EFDC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DEF5EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFF7DB?

#DFF7DB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 97% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 3% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DFF7DB?

Use black text. Black on #DFF7DB has a contrast ratio of 18.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFF7DB?

Its complementary colour is #F3DBF7, and analogous partners are #EDF7DB and #DBF7E5.