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#CBF1DB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBF1DB

With the hex code #CBF1DB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 95% green and 86% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 1.2 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #F1CBE1, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.14:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green241
Blue219

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 1.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 15.6

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

Text on #CBF1DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF1DB.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF1DB.
17.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBF1DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBF1DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0EBDA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E6DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5F1EA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBF1DB?

With the hex code #CBF1DB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 95% green and 86% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CBF1DB?

Use black text. Black on #CBF1DB has a contrast ratio of 17.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBF1DB?

Its complementary colour is #F1CBE1, and analogous partners are #CEF1CB and #CBF1EE.