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#CBE8DB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBE8DB

With the hex code #CBE8DB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 91% green and 86% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% 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 6.2 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E8CBD8, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.10:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green232
Blue219

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 13.3

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

Text on #CBE8DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBE8DB.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBE8DB.
16.10:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBE8DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBE8DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E4DA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E0DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5E8E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBE8DB?

With the hex code #CBE8DB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 91% green and 86% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CBE8DB?

Use black text. Black on #CBE8DB has a contrast ratio of 16.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBE8DB?

Its complementary colour is #E8CBD8, and analogous partners are #CBE8CD and #CBE7E8.