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#CDEEDB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDEEDB

#CDEEDB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 93% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 2.9); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EECDE0 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDEEDB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.85:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green238
Blue219

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 2.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.9
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #CDEEDB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEEDB.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEEDB.
16.85:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDEEDB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE9DA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E4DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7EEE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEEDB?

#CDEEDB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 93% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDEEDB?

Use black text. Black on #CDEEDB has a contrast ratio of 16.85:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDEEDB?

Its complementary colour is #EECDE0, and analogous partners are #D0EECD and #CDEEEC.