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#CCE8DA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CCE8DA

With the hex code #CCE8DA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 91% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 6.1 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E8CCDA, 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 16.12:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green232
Blue218

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 12.8

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

Text on #CCE8DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCE8DA.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCE8DA.
16.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCE8DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCE8DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E4D9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E0DB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7E8E4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCE8DA?

With the hex code #CCE8DA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 91% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CCE8DA?

Use black text. Black on #CCE8DA has a contrast ratio of 16.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCE8DA?

Its complementary colour is #E8CCDA, and analogous partners are #CCE8CC and #CCE8E8.