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#CDF2D1

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDF2D1

#CDF2D1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.3); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2CDEE — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDF2D1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green242
Blue209

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.3

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

Text on #CDF2D1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDF2D1.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDF2D1.
17.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDF2D1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDF2D1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3EBCF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EDE7D3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9F0E8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDF2D1?

#CDF2D1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDF2D1?

Use black text. Black on #CDF2D1 has a contrast ratio of 17.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDF2D1?

Its complementary colour is #F2CDEE, and analogous partners are #DCF2CD and #CDF2E3.