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#C8DFC7

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C8DFC7

#C8DFC7 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 78% red, 87% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.9), with Light Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DEC7DF (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red200
Green223
Blue199

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.4
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #C8DFC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8DFC7.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8DFC7.
14.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8DFC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8DFC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0DAC6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD8C8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6DDD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8DFC7?

#C8DFC7 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 78% red, 87% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C8DFC7?

Use black text. Black on #C8DFC7 has a contrast ratio of 14.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8DFC7?

Its complementary colour is #DEC7DF, and analogous partners are #D4DFC7 and #C7DFD2.