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#C7EFDE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C7EFDE

With the hex code #C7EFDE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 94% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 2.1 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EFC7D8, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.83:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red199
Green239
Blue222

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 2.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 15.2

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

Text on #C7EFDE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C7EFDE.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C7EFDE.
16.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C7EFDE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C7EFDE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE9DD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E4DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFEFEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C7EFDE?

With the hex code #C7EFDE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 94% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C7EFDE?

Use black text. Black on #C7EFDE has a contrast ratio of 16.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C7EFDE?

Its complementary colour is #EFC7D8, and analogous partners are #C7EFCA and #C7ECEF.