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#C7ECBD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C7ECBD

With the hex code #C7ECBD, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 93% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 13.6 — followed by Seafoam. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E2BDEC, a lilac 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 — 16.16:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red199
Green236
Blue189

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.6
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.3
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 16.8

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

Text on #C7ECBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C7ECBD.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C7ECBD.
16.16:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C7ECBD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C7ECBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFE4BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E0BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6E9DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C7ECBD?

With the hex code #C7ECBD, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 93% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C7ECBD?

Use black text. Black on #C7ECBD has a contrast ratio of 16.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C7ECBD?

Its complementary colour is #E2BDEC, and analogous partners are #DFECBD and #BDECCB.