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#C8E2BA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C8E2BA

With the hex code #C8E2BA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 89% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 11.9 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D4BAE2, 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 15.04:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red200
Green226
Blue186

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 12.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 15.3

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

Text on #C8E2BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8E2BA.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8E2BA.
15.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8E2BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8E2BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6DCB8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1D9BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8DFD7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8E2BA?

With the hex code #C8E2BA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 89% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C8E2BA?

Use black text. Black on #C8E2BA has a contrast ratio of 15.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8E2BA?

Its complementary colour is #D4BAE2, and analogous partners are #DCE2BA and #BAE2C0.