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#C4EBE1

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C4EBE1

#C4EBE1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 92% green and 88% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.9); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EBC4CE — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C4EBE1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.32:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red196
Green235
Blue225

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.5
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 14.0

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

Text on #C4EBE1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4EBE1.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4EBE1.
16.32:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4EBE1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4EBE1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8E6E1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E0E2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBECE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4EBE1?

#C4EBE1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 92% green and 88% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C4EBE1?

Use black text. Black on #C4EBE1 has a contrast ratio of 16.32:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4EBE1?

Its complementary colour is #EBC4CE, and analogous partners are #C4EBCE and #C4E1EB.