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#CBF1DA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBF1DA

#CBF1DA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 1.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F1CBE2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBF1DA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.13:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red203
Green241
Blue218

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 1.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 15.7

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

Text on #CBF1DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF1DA.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF1DA.
17.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBF1DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBF1DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0EBD9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E6DB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5F0EA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBF1DA?

#CBF1DA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBF1DA?

Use black text. Black on #CBF1DA has a contrast ratio of 17.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBF1DA?

Its complementary colour is #F1CBE2, and analogous partners are #CFF1CB and #CBF1ED.