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#CCE5DA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CCE5DA

With the hex code #CCE5DA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 90% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 8.1 — followed by Light Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E5CCD7, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.79:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green229
Blue218

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.5
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #CCE5DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCE5DA.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCE5DA.
15.79:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCE5DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCE5DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4E1DA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFDEDB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7E5E2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCE5DA?

With the hex code #CCE5DA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 90% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CCE5DA?

Use black text. Black on #CCE5DA has a contrast ratio of 15.79:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCE5DA?

Its complementary colour is #E5CCD7, and analogous partners are #CCE5CE and #CCE4E5.