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#CBE5CD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBE5CD

#CBE5CD is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 90% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.0), with Light Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E5CBE3 (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 — 15.63:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green229
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.6
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #CBE5CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBE5CD.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBE5CD.
15.63:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBE5CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBE5CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6E0CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1DDCE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8E4DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBE5CD?

#CBE5CD is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 90% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBE5CD?

Use black text. Black on #CBE5CD has a contrast ratio of 15.63:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBE5CD?

Its complementary colour is #E5CBE3, and analogous partners are #D6E5CB and #CBE5DA.