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#ADDFC4

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #ADDFC4

#ADDFC4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 87% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.2), with Light Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DFADC8 (lilac), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.13:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red173
Green223
Blue196

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.2
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.5
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 14.6

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

Text on #ADDFC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #ADDFC4.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #ADDFC4.
14.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ADDFC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ADDFC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED7C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D1C6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A4DFD7

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ADDFC4?

#ADDFC4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 87% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ADDFC4?

Use black text. Black on #ADDFC4 has a contrast ratio of 14.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ADDFC4?

Its complementary colour is #DFADC8, and analogous partners are #AFDFAD and #ADDFDD.