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#CAEFC7

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CAEFC7

#CAEFC7 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 79% red, 94% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.9), with Cream the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #ECC7EF (thistle), 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 — 16.68:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red202
Green239
Blue199

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.9
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 16.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 16.3

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

Text on #CAEFC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CAEFC7.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CAEFC7.
16.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CAEFC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CAEFC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1E7C5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE4C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7ECE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CAEFC7?

#CAEFC7 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 79% red, 94% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CAEFC7?

Use black text. Black on #CAEFC7 has a contrast ratio of 16.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CAEFC7?

Its complementary colour is #ECC7EF, and analogous partners are #DEEFC7 and #C7EFD8.