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#C8E6DF

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #C8E6DF

#C8E6DF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 90% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.7); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E6C8CF — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C8E6DF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red200
Green230
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.1
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #C8E6DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8E6DF.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8E6DF.
15.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8E6DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8E6DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3E2DF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDDEE0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C1E7E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8E6DF?

#C8E6DF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 90% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C8E6DF?

Use black text. Black on #C8E6DF has a contrast ratio of 15.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8E6DF?

Its complementary colour is #E6C8CF, and analogous partners are #C8E6D0 and #C8DEE6.