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#CDECD5

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDECD5

With the hex code #CDECD5, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 93% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 3.6 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ECCDE4, 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 — 16.55:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green236
Blue213

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.6
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.3

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

Text on #CDECD5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDECD5.
1.27:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDECD5.
16.55:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDECD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDECD5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE7D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E3D6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9EBE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDECD5?

With the hex code #CDECD5, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 93% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDECD5?

Use black text. Black on #CDECD5 has a contrast ratio of 16.55:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDECD5?

Its complementary colour is #ECCDE4, and analogous partners are #D5ECCD and #CDECE5.