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#CCEACA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CCEACA

#CCEACA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 92% green and 79% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.9), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E8CAEA (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.19:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red204
Green234
Blue202

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.0

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

Text on #CCEACA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCEACA.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCEACA.
16.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CCEACA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE4C8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E1CB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAE8E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCEACA?

#CCEACA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 92% green and 79% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCEACA?

Use black text. Black on #CCEACA has a contrast ratio of 16.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCEACA?

Its complementary colour is #E8CAEA, and analogous partners are #DCEACA and #CAEAD8.