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#E4FFE4

Pale Mint · very light cool white

About #E4FFE4

With the hex code #E4FFE4, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 100% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 8.2 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FFE4FF, a lavender shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 19.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red228
Green255
Blue228

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.8
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #E4FFE4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #E4FFE4.
1.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #E4FFE4.
19.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4FFE4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4FFE4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFFAE3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FBF7E5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2FDF7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4FFE4?

With the hex code #E4FFE4, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 89% red, 100% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E4FFE4?

Use black text. Black on #E4FFE4 has a contrast ratio of 19.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4FFE4?

Its complementary colour is #FFE4FF, and analogous partners are #F2FFE4 and #E4FFF2.