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#CDF2E9

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CDF2E9

#CDF2E9 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.6); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2CDD6 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDF2E9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.47:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green242
Blue233

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.6
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.6
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 12.8

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

Text on #CDF2E9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDF2E9.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDF2E9.
17.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDF2E9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDF2E9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFEDE9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E8EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4F3EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDF2E9?

#CDF2E9 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 95% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDF2E9?

Use black text. Black on #CDF2E9 has a contrast ratio of 17.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDF2E9?

Its complementary colour is #F2CDD6, and analogous partners are #CDF2D7 and #CDE9F2.