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#C4EFDA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C4EFDA

#C4EFDA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 94% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 0.8); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFC4D9 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C4EFDA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.71:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red196
Green239
Blue218

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 0.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 14.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 15.9

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

Text on #C4EFDA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4EFDA.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4EFDA.
16.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4EFDA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4EFDA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE9D9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E3DB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BCEFE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4EFDA?

#C4EFDA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 94% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C4EFDA?

Use black text. Black on #C4EFDA has a contrast ratio of 16.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4EFDA?

Its complementary colour is #EFC4D9, and analogous partners are #C4EFC5 and #C4EFEF.