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#CBEFCD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBEFCD

#CBEFCD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.9); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFCBED — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBEFCD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green239
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 15.5

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

Text on #CBEFCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBEFCD.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBEFCD.
16.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CBEFCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E8CB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE4CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8EDE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBEFCD?

#CBEFCD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 94% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBEFCD?

Use black text. Black on #CBEFCD has a contrast ratio of 16.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBEFCD?

Its complementary colour is #EFCBED, and analogous partners are #DBEFCB and #CBEFDF.