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#CDEFDE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDEFDE

With the hex code #CDEFDE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 94% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 3.2 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EFCDDE, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.00:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green239
Blue222

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.3
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.7

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

Text on #CDEFDE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

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

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDEFDE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEEADD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E5DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7EFEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEFDE?

With the hex code #CDEFDE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 94% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDEFDE?

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

›What colours go with #CDEFDE?

Its complementary colour is #EFCDDE, and analogous partners are #CDEFCD and #CDEFEF.