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#CAEFC2

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CAEFC2

#CAEFC2 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 94% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 12.5); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E7C2EF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CAEFC2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.64:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red202
Green239
Blue194

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 12.5
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 16.2
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.6

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

Text on #CAEFC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CAEFC2.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CAEFC2.
16.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CAEFC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CAEFC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2E7BF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE3C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8ECE2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CAEFC2?

#CAEFC2 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 94% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CAEFC2?

Use black text. Black on #CAEFC2 has a contrast ratio of 16.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CAEFC2?

Its complementary colour is #E7C2EF, and analogous partners are #E1EFC2 and #C2EFD1.