ColorXprez

#CDEEDA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDEEDA

#CDEEDA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 2.8), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EECDE1 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red205
Green238
Blue218

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 2.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 14.0

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

Text on #CDEEDA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEEDA.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEEDA.
16.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDEEDA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE9D9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E4DB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8EEE8

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEEDA?

#CDEEDA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDEEDA?

Use black text. Black on #CDEEDA has a contrast ratio of 16.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDEEDA?

Its complementary colour is #EECDE1, and analogous partners are #D1EECD and #CDEEEB.