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#CBE6DB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBE6DB

#CBE6DB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 90% green and 86% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.5), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E6CBD6 (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 — 15.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green230
Blue219

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.5
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #CBE6DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBE6DB.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBE6DB.
15.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBE6DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBE6DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4E2DB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFDEDC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6E6E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBE6DB?

#CBE6DB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 90% green and 86% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBE6DB?

Use black text. Black on #CBE6DB has a contrast ratio of 15.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBE6DB?

Its complementary colour is #E6CBD6, and analogous partners are #CBE6CE and #CBE4E6.