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#CBE3CC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBE3CC

#CBE3CC is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 89% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.8), with Light Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E3CBE2 (thistle), 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 15.40:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red203
Green227
Blue204

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.8
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #CBE3CC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBE3CC.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBE3CC.
15.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBE3CC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBE3CC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DECB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0DCCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9E2DC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBE3CC?

#CBE3CC is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 89% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBE3CC?

Use black text. Black on #CBE3CC has a contrast ratio of 15.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBE3CC?

Its complementary colour is #E3CBE2, and analogous partners are #D6E3CB and #CBE3D8.