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#C2EFE2

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C2EFE2

#C2EFE2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 94% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.3); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFC2CF — a bubblegum tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C2EFE2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.74:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red194
Green239
Blue226

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.3
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 16.1

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

Text on #C2EFE2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C2EFE2.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C2EFE2.
16.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C2EFE2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C2EFE2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE9E1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E3E3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B7F0EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C2EFE2?

#C2EFE2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 94% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C2EFE2?

Use black text. Black on #C2EFE2 has a contrast ratio of 16.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C2EFE2?

Its complementary colour is #EFC2CF, and analogous partners are #C2EFCB and #C2E6EF.