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#9CDFBB

Seafoam · very light cool green

About #9CDFBB

#9CDFBB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 61% red, 87% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Seafoam (ΔE 7.4); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DF9CC0 — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #9CDFBB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.69:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red156
Green223
Blue187

Closest named colours

Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 7.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 20.6

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

Text on #9CDFBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #9CDFBB.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #9CDFBB.
13.69:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #9CDFBB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#9CDFBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDD5B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2CDBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8EDED5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #9CDFBB?

#9CDFBB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 61% red, 87% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #9CDFBB?

Use black text. Black on #9CDFBB has a contrast ratio of 13.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #9CDFBB?

Its complementary colour is #DF9CC0, and analogous partners are #9FDF9C and #9CDFDC.