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#CDE3CF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDE3CF

With the hex code #CDE3CF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 89% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.3 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E3CDE1, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.48:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green227
Blue207

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #CDE3CF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDE3CF.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDE3CF.
15.48:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDE3CF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDE3CF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DFCE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0DCD0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBE2DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDE3CF?

With the hex code #CDE3CF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 89% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDE3CF?

Use black text. Black on #CDE3CF has a contrast ratio of 15.48:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDE3CF?

Its complementary colour is #E3CDE1, and analogous partners are #D6E3CD and #CDE3DA.