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#C3DFD3

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C3DFD3

#C3DFD3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 87% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.1); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFC3CF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C3DFD3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.82:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red195
Green223
Blue211

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #C3DFD3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C3DFD3.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C3DFD3.
14.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C3DFD3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C3DFD3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDDBD2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D7D4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BEDFDB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C3DFD3?

#C3DFD3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 76% red, 87% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C3DFD3?

Use black text. Black on #C3DFD3 has a contrast ratio of 14.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C3DFD3?

Its complementary colour is #DFC3CF, and analogous partners are #C3DFC5 and #C3DDDF.