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#C2FFBD

Seafoam · very light cool green

About #C2FFBD

#C2FFBD is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 100% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Seafoam and Pistachio (ΔE 15.8); Pistachio comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FABDFF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C2FFBD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.33:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red194
Green255
Blue189

Closest named colours

Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 15.8
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 22.9
Mint
#98FF98 · ΔE 23.8

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

Text on #C2FFBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #C2FFBD.
1.15:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #C2FFBD.
18.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C2FFBD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C2FFBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF3B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F8EDC0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BDFBED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C2FFBD?

#C2FFBD is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 100% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C2FFBD?

Use black text. Black on #C2FFBD has a contrast ratio of 18.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C2FFBD?

Its complementary colour is #FABDFF, and analogous partners are #E3FFBD and #BDFFD9.