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#C5EDCA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C5EDCA

With the hex code #C5EDCA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 93% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.4 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDC5E8, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.34:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red197
Green237
Blue202

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 15.8
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.2

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

Text on #C5EDCA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C5EDCA.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C5EDCA.
16.34:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C5EDCA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C5EDCA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE6C8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E1CC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C1EBE3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C5EDCA?

With the hex code #C5EDCA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 93% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C5EDCA?

Use black text. Black on #C5EDCA has a contrast ratio of 16.34:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C5EDCA?

Its complementary colour is #EDC5E8, and analogous partners are #D4EDC5 and #C5EDDE.