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#CCECBD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CCECBD

#CCECBD is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 13.8); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDBDEC — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCECBD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green236
Blue189

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.8
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 15.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 17.4

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

Text on #CCECBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCECBD.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCECBD.
16.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CCECBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E4BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE2BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCE8DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCECBD?

#CCECBD is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCECBD?

Use black text. Black on #CCECBD has a contrast ratio of 16.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCECBD?

Its complementary colour is #DDBDEC, and analogous partners are #E4ECBD and #BDECC6.