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#CBEACA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBEACA

With the hex code #CBEACA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 92% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 6.7 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E9CAEA, 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 16.16:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red203
Green234
Blue202

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #CBEACA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBEACA.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBEACA.
16.16:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CBEACA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE4C8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E0CC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9E8E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBEACA?

With the hex code #CBEACA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 92% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CBEACA?

Use black text. Black on #CBEACA has a contrast ratio of 16.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBEACA?

Its complementary colour is #E9CAEA, and analogous partners are #DBEACA and #CAEAD9.