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#CBE8BB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBE8BB

#CBE8BB is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 91% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 9% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 13.3), with Cream the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D8BBE8 (lilac), 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 — 15.80:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green232
Blue187

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.3
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 14.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 15.7

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

Text on #CBE8BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBE8BB.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBE8BB.
15.80:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBE8BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBE8BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE1B8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7DEBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBE4DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBE8BB?

#CBE8BB is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 91% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 9% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBE8BB?

Use black text. Black on #CBE8BB has a contrast ratio of 15.80:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBE8BB?

Its complementary colour is #D8BBE8, and analogous partners are #E1E8BB and #BBE8C2.