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#ACFFAF

Mint · very light cool green

About #ACFFAF

#ACFFAF is a vivid, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 100% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Mint (ΔE 13.5); Seafoam comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFACFC — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ACFFAF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.68:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green255
Blue175

Closest named colours

Mint
#98FF98 · ΔE 13.5
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 19.7
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 21.8

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

Text on #ACFFAF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mint #ACFFAF.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mint #ACFFAF.
17.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ACFFAF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF1AA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5E8B3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A3FBEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACFFAF?

#ACFFAF is a vivid, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 100% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ACFFAF?

Use black text. Black on #ACFFAF has a contrast ratio of 17.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACFFAF?

Its complementary colour is #FFACFC, and analogous partners are #D3FFAC and #ACFFD9.