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#CBF0DA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBF0DA

#CBF0DA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 94% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 1.4), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F0CBE1 (thistle), 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 17.02:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red203
Green240
Blue218

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 1.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.8
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 15.3

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

Text on #CBF0DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF0DA.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF0DA.
17.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBF0DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBF0DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFEAD9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E5DB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5F0E9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBF0DA?

#CBF0DA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 94% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBF0DA?

Use black text. Black on #CBF0DA has a contrast ratio of 17.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBF0DA?

Its complementary colour is #F0CBE1, and analogous partners are #CFF0CB and #CBF0ED.