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#CBF2EB

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CBF2EB

#CBF2EB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.5); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2CBD2 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CBF2EB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.44:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green242
Blue235

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.5
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #CBF2EB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF2EB.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CBF2EB.
17.44:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBF2EB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBF2EB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEEDEB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E8EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C1F4F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBF2EB?

#CBF2EB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CBF2EB?

Use black text. Black on #CBF2EB has a contrast ratio of 17.44:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBF2EB?

Its complementary colour is #F2CBD2, and analogous partners are #CBF2D8 and #CBE5F2.