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#CDECBD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDECBD

With the hex code #CDECBD, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 93% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 13.8 — followed by Cream. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DCBDEC, a lilac 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 — 16.33:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green236
Blue189

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.8
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 14.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 17.1

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

Text on #CDECBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDECBD.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDECBD.
16.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDECBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E5BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE2BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDE8DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDECBD?

With the hex code #CDECBD, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 93% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDECBD?

Use black text. Black on #CDECBD has a contrast ratio of 16.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDECBD?

Its complementary colour is #DCBDEC, and analogous partners are #E5ECBD and #BDECC5.