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#C8F3ED

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #C8F3ED

#C8F3ED is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 95% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.9); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F3C8CE — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C8F3ED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red200
Green243
Blue237

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.2
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 12.7

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

Text on #C8F3ED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8F3ED.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C8F3ED.
17.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8F3ED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8F3ED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEEEED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E8EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BCF5F1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8F3ED?

#C8F3ED is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 78% red, 95% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C8F3ED?

Use black text. Black on #C8F3ED has a contrast ratio of 17.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8F3ED?

Its complementary colour is #F3C8CE, and analogous partners are #C8F3D8 and #C8E3F3.