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#CDEED9

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDEED9

With the hex code #CDEED9, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 93% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 2.7 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EECDE2, 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 — 16.83:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green238
Blue217

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 2.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.7
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 14.0

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

Text on #CDEED9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEED9.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEED9.
16.83:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDEED9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDEED9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE9D8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E4DA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8EDE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEED9?

With the hex code #CDEED9, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 93% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDEED9?

Use black text. Black on #CDEED9 has a contrast ratio of 16.83:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDEED9?

Its complementary colour is #EECDE2, and analogous partners are #D2EECD and #CDEEE9.