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#C2FF69

Mint · very light cool green

About #C2FF69

#C2FF69 is a vivid, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 100% green and 41% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 59% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Mint and Lime (ΔE 25.5); Lime comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #A669FF — a amethyst tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C2FF69 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.80:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red194
Green255
Blue105

Closest named colours

Mint
#98FF98 · ΔE 25.5
Lime
#BFFF00 · ΔE 25.9
Lemon
#FFF44F · ΔE 29.9

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

Text on #C2FF69

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mint #C2FF69.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mint #C2FF69.
17.80:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C2FF69 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C2FF69
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFEF58
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#FFEB74
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8F5DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C2FF69?

#C2FF69 is a vivid, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 100% green and 41% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 59% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C2FF69?

Use black text. Black on #C2FF69 has a contrast ratio of 17.80:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C2FF69?

Its complementary colour is #A669FF, and analogous partners are #FFF169 and #77FF69.