#CDFF7F
Mint · very light cool green
About #CDFF7F
#CDFF7F is a vivid, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 100% green and 50% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 50% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Mint and Pale Yellow (ΔE 21.3); Pale Yellow comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B17FFF — a amethyst tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CDFF7F for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.21:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CDFF7F?
#CDFF7F is a vivid, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 100% green and 50% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 50% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CDFF7F?
Use black text. Black on #CDFF7F has a contrast ratio of 18.21:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CDFF7F?
Its complementary colour is #B17FFF, and analogous partners are #FFF17F and #8DFF7F.