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#CCF0EB

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CCF0EB

#CCF0EB is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 94% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.7), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F0CCD1 (baby pink), 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 — 17.23:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green240
Blue235

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #CCF0EB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCF0EB.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCF0EB.
17.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCF0EB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCF0EB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECECEB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E6EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C3F2EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCF0EB?

#CCF0EB is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 94% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCF0EB?

Use black text. Black on #CCF0EB has a contrast ratio of 17.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCF0EB?

Its complementary colour is #F0CCD1, and analogous partners are #CCF0D9 and #CCE3F0.