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#CCE6DF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CCE6DF

With the hex code #CCE6DF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 90% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% 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 9.3 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E6CCD3, a light gray shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.95:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green230
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.3
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #CCE6DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCE6DF.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCE6DF.
15.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCE6DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCE6DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4E3DF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFDFE0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6E7E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCE6DF?

With the hex code #CCE6DF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 90% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CCE6DF?

Use black text. Black on #CCE6DF has a contrast ratio of 15.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCE6DF?

Its complementary colour is #E6CCD3, and analogous partners are #CCE6D2 and #CCE0E6.