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#CBF1DD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBF1DD

#CBF1DD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 1.3); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F1CBDF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBF1DD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.17:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green241
Blue221

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 1.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 14.9

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

Text on #CBF1DD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF1DD.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF1DD.
17.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBF1DD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBF1DD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0EBDC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E6DE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4F1EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBF1DD?

#CBF1DD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBF1DD?

Use black text. Black on #CBF1DD has a contrast ratio of 17.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBF1DD?

Its complementary colour is #F1CBDF, and analogous partners are #CCF1CB and #CBF1F0.