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#E5FEDD

Pale Mint · very light cool white

About #E5FEDD

#E5FEDD is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 100% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.8); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F6DDFE — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E5FEDD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.55:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red229
Green254
Blue221

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.9
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #E5FEDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #E5FEDD.
1.07:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #E5FEDD.
19.55:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E5FEDD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E5FEDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF8DB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FCF6DE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4FBF4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E5FEDD?

#E5FEDD is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 100% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E5FEDD?

Use black text. Black on #E5FEDD has a contrast ratio of 19.55:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E5FEDD?

Its complementary colour is #F6DDFE, and analogous partners are #F6FEDD and #DDFEE6.