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#CDEBD9

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDEBD9

With the hex code #CDEBD9, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 92% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 4.2 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EBCDDF, 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 — 16.48:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green235
Blue217

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.4
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 13.1

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

Text on #CDEBD9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEBD9.
1.27:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEBD9.
16.48:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDEBD9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDEBD9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAE6D8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E2DA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8EBE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEBD9?

With the hex code #CDEBD9, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 92% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDEBD9?

Use black text. Black on #CDEBD9 has a contrast ratio of 16.48:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDEBD9?

Its complementary colour is #EBCDDF, and analogous partners are #D0EBCD and #CDEBE8.