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#CEE2C8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEE2C8

#CEE2C8 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.4); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DCC8E2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEE2C8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.34:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green226
Blue200

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #CEE2C8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEE2C8.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEE2C8.
15.34:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEE2C8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEE2C8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4DDC7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1DBC9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDE0DA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEE2C8?

#CEE2C8 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEE2C8?

Use black text. Black on #CEE2C8 has a contrast ratio of 15.34:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEE2C8?

Its complementary colour is #DCC8E2, and analogous partners are #DBE2C8 and #C8E2CF.