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#C2EFE9

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #C2EFE9

With the hex code #C2EFE9, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 76% red, 94% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.8 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EFC2C8, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.82:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red194
Green239
Blue233

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 13.0

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

Text on #C2EFE9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C2EFE9.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C2EFE9.
16.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C2EFE9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C2EFE9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAEAE9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E3EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6F1ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C2EFE9?

With the hex code #C2EFE9, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 76% red, 94% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C2EFE9?

Use black text. Black on #C2EFE9 has a contrast ratio of 16.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C2EFE9?

Its complementary colour is #EFC2C8, and analogous partners are #C2EFD3 and #C2DFEF.