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#CCFFFB

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CCFFFB

#CCFFFB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 100% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 10.5); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFCCD0 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CCFFFB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.26:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green255
Blue251

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.5
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #CCFFFB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCFFFB.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CCFFFB.
19.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CCFFFB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F9F9FB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFF2FC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BDFFFE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCFFFB?

#CCFFFB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 100% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CCFFFB?

Use black text. Black on #CCFFFB has a contrast ratio of 19.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCFFFB?

Its complementary colour is #FFCCD0, and analogous partners are #CCFFE1 and #CCEAFF.