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#C8EEE5

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #C8EEE5

#C8EEE5 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 78% red, 93% green and 90% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.4), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EEC8D1 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.82:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red200
Green238
Blue229

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 13.1

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

Text on #C8EEE5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8EEE5.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8EEE5.
16.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8EEE5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8EEE5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE9E5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E4E6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFEFEB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8EEE5?

#C8EEE5 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 78% red, 93% green and 90% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C8EEE5?

Use black text. Black on #C8EEE5 has a contrast ratio of 16.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8EEE5?

Its complementary colour is #EEC8D1, and analogous partners are #C8EED2 and #C8E4EE.