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#C7EFDD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C7EFDD

#C7EFDD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 94% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 1.6); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFC7D9 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C7EFDD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.82:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red199
Green239
Blue221

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 1.6
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.6
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 15.1

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

Text on #C7EFDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C7EFDD.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C7EFDD.
16.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C7EFDD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C7EFDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE9DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E4DE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFEFEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C7EFDD?

#C7EFDD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 94% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C7EFDD?

Use black text. Black on #C7EFDD has a contrast ratio of 16.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C7EFDD?

Its complementary colour is #EFC7D9, and analogous partners are #C7EFC9 and #C7EDEF.