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#C4E0CB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C4E0CB

#C4E0CB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 88% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.4); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E0C4D9 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C4E0CB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.87:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red196
Green224
Blue203

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #C4E0CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4E0CB.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4E0CB.
14.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4E0CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4E0CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0DBCA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD8CC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C0DFDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4E0CB?

#C4E0CB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 88% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C4E0CB?

Use black text. Black on #C4E0CB has a contrast ratio of 14.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4E0CB?

Its complementary colour is #E0C4D9, and analogous partners are #CBE0C4 and #C4E0D9.