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#CCE6CB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CCE6CB

#CCE6CB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 90% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.4), with Light Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E5CBE6 (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 — 15.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green230
Blue203

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #CCE6CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCE6CB.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCE6CB.
15.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCE6CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCE6CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E1CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DECC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAE4DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCE6CB?

#CCE6CB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 90% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCE6CB?

Use black text. Black on #CCE6CB has a contrast ratio of 15.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCE6CB?

Its complementary colour is #E5CBE6, and analogous partners are #DAE6CB and #CBE6D8.