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#CDEEE9

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CDEEE9

#CDEEE9 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.9), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EECDD2 (baby pink), 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 — 17.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green238
Blue233

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.1
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #CDEEE9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEEE9.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEEE9.
17.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDEEE9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDEEE9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAEAE9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E5EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5F0EC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEEE9?

#CDEEE9 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 93% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDEEE9?

Use black text. Black on #CDEEE9 has a contrast ratio of 17.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDEEE9?

Its complementary colour is #EECDD2, and analogous partners are #CDEED8 and #CDE3EE.