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#CDF2EB

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CDF2EB

#CDF2EB is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.6), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F2CDD4 (baby pink), 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 — 17.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green242
Blue235

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.6
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #CDF2EB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDF2EB.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDF2EB.
17.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDF2EB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDF2EB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEEDEB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E8EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C4F4F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDF2EB?

#CDF2EB is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 80% red, 95% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDF2EB?

Use black text. Black on #CDF2EB has a contrast ratio of 17.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDF2EB?

Its complementary colour is #F2CDD4, and analogous partners are #CDF2D9 and #CDE7F2.