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#C6E2CD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C6E2CD

#C6E2CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 89% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.9); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2C6DB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C6E2CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.16:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red198
Green226
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.3

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

Text on #C6E2CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C6E2CD.
1.39:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C6E2CD.
15.16:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C6E2CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C6E2CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DDCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDDACE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C2E1DC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C6E2CD?

#C6E2CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 89% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C6E2CD?

Use black text. Black on #C6E2CD has a contrast ratio of 15.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C6E2CD?

Its complementary colour is #E2C6DB, and analogous partners are #CDE2C6 and #C6E2DB.