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#CDF2E8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDF2E8

#CDF2E8 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.1), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F2CDD7 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.46:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green242
Blue232

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 13.2

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

Text on #CDF2E8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDF2E8.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDF2E8.
17.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDF2E8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDF2E8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFEDE8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E8E9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4F3EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDF2E8?

#CDF2E8 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDF2E8?

Use black text. Black on #CDF2E8 has a contrast ratio of 17.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDF2E8?

Its complementary colour is #F2CDD7, and analogous partners are #CDF2D6 and #CDEAF2.