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#CAEDBC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CAEDBC

With the hex code #CAEDBC, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 79% red, 93% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 14.6 — followed by Cream. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DFBCED, a lilac 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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Red202
Green237
Blue188

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.6
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 16.1
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 17.2

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

Text on #CAEDBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

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

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CAEDBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1E5B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE2BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9E9DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CAEDBC?

With the hex code #CAEDBC, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 79% red, 93% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CAEDBC?

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

›What colours go with #CAEDBC?

Its complementary colour is #DFBCED, and analogous partners are #E3EDBC and #BCEDC7.