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#AEDABF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #AEDABF

#AEDABF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 85% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 15% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.9), with Light Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DAAEC9 (lilac), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.58:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red174
Green218
Blue191

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 12.2
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #AEDABF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #AEDABF.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #AEDABF.
13.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#AEDABF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D3BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1CEC0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A7D9D2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AEDABF?

#AEDABF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 68% red, 85% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 15% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #AEDABF?

Use black text. Black on #AEDABF has a contrast ratio of 13.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AEDABF?

Its complementary colour is #DAAEC9, and analogous partners are #B3DAAE and #AEDAD5.