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#CDF4DF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CDF4DF

With the hex code #CDF4DF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 96% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 1.7 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #F4CDE2, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.60:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green244
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 1.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.1
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 15.5

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

Text on #CDF4DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDF4DF.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CDF4DF.
17.60:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDF4DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDF4DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3EEDE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE9E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6F4EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDF4DF?

With the hex code #CDF4DF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 96% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDF4DF?

Use black text. Black on #CDF4DF has a contrast ratio of 17.60:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDF4DF?

Its complementary colour is #F4CDE2, and analogous partners are #CFF4CD and #CDF4F2.