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#C8ECDF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C8ECDF

#C8ECDF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 93% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.6); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECC8D5 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C8ECDF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.52:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red200
Green236
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.6
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 14.8

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

Text on #C8ECDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8ECDF.
1.27:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8ECDF.
16.52:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8ECDF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8ECDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAE7DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E2E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C0EDE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8ECDF?

#C8ECDF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 93% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C8ECDF?

Use black text. Black on #C8ECDF has a contrast ratio of 16.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8ECDF?

Its complementary colour is #ECC8D5, and analogous partners are #C8ECCD and #C8E7EC.