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#CBF1DF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBF1DF

#CBF1DF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 2.0), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F1CBDD (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green241
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 2.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 14.0
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.3

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

Text on #CBF1DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF1DF.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF1DF.
17.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBF1DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBF1DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFEBDE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E6E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4F1EC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBF1DF?

#CBF1DF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBF1DF?

Use black text. Black on #CBF1DF has a contrast ratio of 17.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBF1DF?

Its complementary colour is #F1CBDD, and analogous partners are #CBF1CC and #CBF0F1.