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#CBEDBC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBEDBC

#CBEDBC is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 14.7), with Cream the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DEBCED (lilac), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.38:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red203
Green237
Blue188

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.7
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 15.8
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 17.5

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

Text on #CBEDBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBEDBC.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBEDBC.
16.38:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CBEDBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1E5B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE2BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBE9DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBEDBC?

#CBEDBC is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBEDBC?

Use black text. Black on #CBEDBC has a contrast ratio of 16.38:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBEDBC?

Its complementary colour is #DEBCED, and analogous partners are #E3EDBC and #BCEDC6.