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#CDF2DF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDF2DF

#CDF2DF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 2.0), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F2CDE0 (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 — 17.36:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green242
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 2.0
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 14.7

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

Text on #CDF2DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDF2DF.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDF2DF.
17.36:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDF2DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDF2DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1ECDE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE8E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6F2EC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDF2DF?

#CDF2DF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDF2DF?

Use black text. Black on #CDF2DF has a contrast ratio of 17.36:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDF2DF?

Its complementary colour is #F2CDE0, and analogous partners are #CEF2CD and #CDF2F1.