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#C6ECBD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C6ECBD

#C6ECBD is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 13.6); Seafoam comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E3BDEC — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C6ECBD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.13:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red198
Green236
Blue189

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.6
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 15.9
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 17.1

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

Text on #C6ECBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C6ECBD.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C6ECBD.
16.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C6ECBD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C6ECBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFE4BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E0BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4E9DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C6ECBD?

#C6ECBD is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C6ECBD?

Use black text. Black on #C6ECBD has a contrast ratio of 16.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C6ECBD?

Its complementary colour is #E3BDEC, and analogous partners are #DEECBD and #BDECCC.