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#C8EADB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C8EADB

#C8EADB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 92% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.3); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EAC8D7 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C8EADB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.25:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red200
Green234
Blue219

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.3
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.2
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #C8EADB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8EADB.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8EADB.
16.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8EADB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8EADB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8E5DA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E0DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C1EAE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8EADB?

#C8EADB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 92% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C8EADB?

Use black text. Black on #C8EADB has a contrast ratio of 16.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8EADB?

Its complementary colour is #EAC8D7, and analogous partners are #C8EACA and #C8E8EA.