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#C6FDEB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C6FDEB

#C6FDEB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 99% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.9); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDC6D8 — a bubblegum tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C6FDEB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.65:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red198
Green253
Blue235

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 19.0

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

Text on #C6FDEB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C6FDEB.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C6FDEB.
18.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C6FDEB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C6FDEB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F9F6EA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFEEEC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B9FEF7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C6FDEB?

#C6FDEB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 99% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C6FDEB?

Use black text. Black on #C6FDEB has a contrast ratio of 18.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C6FDEB?

Its complementary colour is #FDC6D8, and analogous partners are #C6FDD0 and #C6F3FD.