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#CDEFDF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDEFDF

#CDEFDF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 94% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.6), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFCDDD (thistle), 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 — 17.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green239
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.6
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #CDEFDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEFDF.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDEFDF.
17.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDEFDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDEADE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E5E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7EFEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDEFDF?

#CDEFDF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 94% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDEFDF?

Use black text. Black on #CDEFDF has a contrast ratio of 17.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDEFDF?

Its complementary colour is #EFCDDD, and analogous partners are #CDEFCE and #CDEEEF.