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#ACFFA6

Mint · very light cool green

About #ACFFA6

#ACFFA6 is a vivid, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 100% green and 65% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 35% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Mint (ΔE 9.7); Pistachio comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F9A6FF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ACFFA6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red172
Green255
Blue166

Closest named colours

Mint
#98FF98 · ΔE 9.7
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 21.5
Emerald
#50C878 · ΔE 23.0

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

Text on #ACFFA6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mint #ACFFA6.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mint #ACFFA6.
17.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACFFA6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACFFA6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF0A0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6E8AB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A4FAE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACFFA6?

#ACFFA6 is a vivid, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 100% green and 65% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 35% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACFFA6?

Use black text. Black on #ACFFA6 has a contrast ratio of 17.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACFFA6?

Its complementary colour is #F9A6FF, and analogous partners are #D9FFA6 and #A6FFCD.