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#CDEFCE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDEFCE

#CDEFCE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 94% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFCDEE — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDEFCE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.83:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green239
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.8
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 15.1

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

Text on #CDEFCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

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

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDEFCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E8CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE5D0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAEDE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEFCE?

#CDEFCE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 94% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDEFCE?

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

›What colours go with #CDEFCE?

Its complementary colour is #EFCDEE, and analogous partners are #DDEFCD and #CDEFDF.