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#CBF2D6

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CBF2D6

#CBF2D6 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.7); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2CBE7 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBF2D6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.21:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red203
Green242
Blue214

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.1

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

Text on #CBF2D6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF2D6.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF2D6.
17.21:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBF2D6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBF2D6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2EBD5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE7D7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5F1EA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBF2D6?

#CBF2D6 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBF2D6?

Use black text. Black on #CBF2D6 has a contrast ratio of 17.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBF2D6?

Its complementary colour is #F2CBE7, and analogous partners are #D4F2CB and #CBF2EA.