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#CCE9CD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CCE9CD

With the hex code #CCE9CD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 91% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% 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 5.6 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E9CCE8, a thistle 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 — 16.10:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green233
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 12.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #CCE9CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCE9CD.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCE9CD.
16.10:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCE9CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCE9CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAE3CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E0CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9E7E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCE9CD?

With the hex code #CCE9CD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 91% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CCE9CD?

Use black text. Black on #CCE9CD has a contrast ratio of 16.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCE9CD?

Its complementary colour is #E9CCE8, and analogous partners are #DAE9CC and #CCE9DC.