ColorXprez

#CBEFDF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBEFDF

#CBEFDF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 94% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.2); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFCBDB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBEFDF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.95:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red203
Green239
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.0
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #CBEFDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBEFDF.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBEFDF.
16.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CBEFDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDEADE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E5E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4EFEA

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBEFDF?

#CBEFDF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 94% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBEFDF?

Use black text. Black on #CBEFDF has a contrast ratio of 16.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBEFDF?

Its complementary colour is #EFCBDB, and analogous partners are #CBEFCD and #CBEDEF.