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#C4ECC5

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C4ECC5

#C4ECC5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 93% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.6); Seafoam comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECC4EB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C4ECC5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.15:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red196
Green236
Blue197

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.6
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 15.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #C4ECC5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4ECC5.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4ECC5.
16.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4ECC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4ECC5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE4C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E0C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C0EAE1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4ECC5?

#C4ECC5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 93% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C4ECC5?

Use black text. Black on #C4ECC5 has a contrast ratio of 16.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4ECC5?

Its complementary colour is #ECC4EB, and analogous partners are #D7ECC4 and #C4ECD9.