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#C4EBE0

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C4EBE0

#C4EBE0 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 77% red, 92% green and 88% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.4), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EBC4CF (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 16.31:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red196
Green235
Blue224

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #C4EBE0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4EBE0.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4EBE0.
16.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4EBE0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4EBE0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8E6E0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E0E1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBECE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4EBE0?

#C4EBE0 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 77% red, 92% green and 88% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C4EBE0?

Use black text. Black on #C4EBE0 has a contrast ratio of 16.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4EBE0?

Its complementary colour is #EBC4CF, and analogous partners are #C4EBCD and #C4E3EB.