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#C2E1CF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C2E1CF

#C2E1CF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 88% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.9); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E1C2D4 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C2E1CF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.96:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red194
Green225
Blue207

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #C2E1CF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C2E1CF.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C2E1CF.
14.96:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C2E1CF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C2E1CF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0DCCE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD8D0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BDE1DC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C2E1CF?

#C2E1CF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 88% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C2E1CF?

Use black text. Black on #C2E1CF has a contrast ratio of 14.96:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C2E1CF?

Its complementary colour is #E1C2D4, and analogous partners are #C4E1C2 and #C2E1DF.