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#CBF1DC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBF1DC

#CBF1DC is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 86% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 1.1), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F1CBE0 (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 17.15:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red203
Green241
Blue220

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 1.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.4

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

Text on #CBF1DC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF1DC.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF1DC.
17.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBF1DC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBF1DC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0EBDB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E6DD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4F1EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBF1DC?

#CBF1DC is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 86% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBF1DC?

Use black text. Black on #CBF1DC has a contrast ratio of 17.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBF1DC?

Its complementary colour is #F1CBE0, and analogous partners are #CDF1CB and #CBF1EF.