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#CCECC5

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CCECC5

#CCECC5 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.8), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E5C5EC (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.37:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green236
Blue197

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.9
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 15.2

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

Text on #CCECC5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCECC5.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCECC5.
16.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCECC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCECC5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFE5C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E2C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBE9E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCECC5?

#CCECC5 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCECC5?

Use black text. Black on #CCECC5 has a contrast ratio of 16.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCECC5?

Its complementary colour is #E5C5EC, and analogous partners are #E0ECC5 and #C5ECD2.