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#C6FFED

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C6FFED

With the hex code #C6FFED, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 100% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 6.8 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FFC6D8, a bubblegum shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red198
Green255
Blue237

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 16.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 19.6

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

Text on #C6FFED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C6FFED.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C6FFED.
18.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C6FFED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C6FFED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF8EC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0F0EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8FFF9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C6FFED?

With the hex code #C6FFED, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 100% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C6FFED?

Use black text. Black on #C6FFED has a contrast ratio of 18.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C6FFED?

Its complementary colour is #FFC6D8, and analogous partners are #C6FFD0 and #C6F5FF.