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#CEE2CE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEE2CE

#CEE2CE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.0); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2CEE2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEE2CE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.39:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green226
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #CEE2CE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEE2CE.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEE2CE.
15.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEE2CE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEE2CE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DECD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFDCCF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCE1DC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEE2CE?

#CEE2CE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEE2CE?

Use black text. Black on #CEE2CE has a contrast ratio of 15.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEE2CE?

Its complementary colour is #E2CEE2, and analogous partners are #D8E2CE and #CEE2D8.