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#CDECD7

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDECD7

#CDECD7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 93% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.4); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECCDE2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDECD7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.58:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green236
Blue215

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #CDECD7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDECD7.
1.27:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDECD7.
16.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDECD7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDECD7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE7D6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E3D8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8EBE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDECD7?

#CDECD7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 93% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDECD7?

Use black text. Black on #CDECD7 has a contrast ratio of 16.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDECD7?

Its complementary colour is #ECCDE2, and analogous partners are #D3ECCD and #CDECE7.