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#CAECBE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CAECBE

#CAECBE is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 79% red, 93% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 13.2), with Cream the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E0BEEC (lilac), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.25:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red202
Green236
Blue190

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.2
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 15.7
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 17.4

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

Text on #CAECBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CAECBE.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CAECBE.
16.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CAECBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E4BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE1C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9E8DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CAECBE?

#CAECBE is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 79% red, 93% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CAECBE?

Use black text. Black on #CAECBE has a contrast ratio of 16.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CAECBE?

Its complementary colour is #E0BEEC, and analogous partners are #E1ECBE and #BEECC9.