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#C8ECCE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C8ECCE

With the hex code #C8ECCE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 93% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 5.1 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ECC8E6, 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 16.35:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red200
Green236
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #C8ECCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8ECCE.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8ECCE.
16.35:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8ECCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8ECCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE5CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E1CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4EAE3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8ECCE?

With the hex code #C8ECCE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 93% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C8ECCE?

Use black text. Black on #C8ECCE has a contrast ratio of 16.35:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8ECCE?

Its complementary colour is #ECC8E6, and analogous partners are #D4ECC8 and #C8ECE0.