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#C6DFCD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C6DFCD

#C6DFCD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.4); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFC6D8 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C6DFCD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red198
Green223
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #C6DFCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C6DFCD.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C6DFCD.
14.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C6DFCD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C6DFCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFDBCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD8CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C3DEDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C6DFCD?

#C6DFCD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 87% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C6DFCD?

Use black text. Black on #C6DFCD has a contrast ratio of 14.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C6DFCD?

Its complementary colour is #DFC6D8, and analogous partners are #CBDFC6 and #C6DFD9.