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#C4E5D9

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C4E5D9

With the hex code #C4E5D9, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 90% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 6.3 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E5C4D0, a thistle 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 — 15.56:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red196
Green229
Blue217

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.3
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.3

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

Text on #C4E5D9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4E5D9.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4E5D9.
15.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4E5D9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4E5D9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3E0D8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCDCDA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BDE6E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4E5D9?

With the hex code #C4E5D9, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 90% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C4E5D9?

Use black text. Black on #C4E5D9 has a contrast ratio of 15.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4E5D9?

Its complementary colour is #E5C4D0, and analogous partners are #C4E5C9 and #C4E1E5.