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#C8EBD7

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C8EBD7

#C8EBD7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 92% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 2.5); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EBC8DC — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C8EBD7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.32:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red200
Green235
Blue215

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 2.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #C8EBD7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8EBD7.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8EBD7.
16.32:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8EBD7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8EBD7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAE5D6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E1D8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C2EBE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8EBD7?

#C8EBD7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 92% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C8EBD7?

Use black text. Black on #C8EBD7 has a contrast ratio of 16.32:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8EBD7?

Its complementary colour is #EBC8DC, and analogous partners are #CBEBC8 and #C8EBE9.