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#CBE8CC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBE8CC

With the hex code #CBE8CC, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 91% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 5.8 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E8CBE7, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red203
Green232
Blue204

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.8
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 11.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #CBE8CC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBE8CC.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBE8CC.
15.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBE8CC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBE8CC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E2CB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4DFCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8E6E0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBE8CC?

With the hex code #CBE8CC, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 91% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CBE8CC?

Use black text. Black on #CBE8CC has a contrast ratio of 15.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBE8CC?

Its complementary colour is #E8CBE7, and analogous partners are #D9E8CB and #CBE8DB.