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#CDEDD5

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDEDD5

#CDEDD5 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.4), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDCDE5 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.67:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green237
Blue213

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.7

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

Text on #CDEDD5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEDD5.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEDD5.
16.67:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDEDD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDEDD5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE7D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E4D6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9ECE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEDD5?

#CDEDD5 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDEDD5?

Use black text. Black on #CDEDD5 has a contrast ratio of 16.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDEDD5?

Its complementary colour is #EDCDE5, and analogous partners are #D5EDCD and #CDEDE5.