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#CCE8BB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CCE8BB

#CCE8BB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 91% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 13.4); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D7BBE8 — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCE8BB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.83:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green232
Blue187

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.4
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 14.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 15.6

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

Text on #CCE8BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCE8BB.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCE8BB.
15.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCE8BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCE8BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE1B8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7DFBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDE4DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCE8BB?

#CCE8BB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 91% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCE8BB?

Use black text. Black on #CCE8BB has a contrast ratio of 15.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCE8BB?

Its complementary colour is #D7BBE8, and analogous partners are #E3E8BB and #BBE8C0.