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#C4EADE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C4EADE

#C4EADE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 77% red, 92% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.1), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EAC4D0 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.17:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red196
Green234
Blue222

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 14.8

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

Text on #C4EADE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4EADE.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4EADE.
16.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4EADE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4EADE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E5DD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E0DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBEBE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4EADE?

#C4EADE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 77% red, 92% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C4EADE?

Use black text. Black on #C4EADE has a contrast ratio of 16.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4EADE?

Its complementary colour is #EAC4D0, and analogous partners are #C4EACB and #C4E3EA.