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#CEE2D4

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEE2D4

#CEE2D4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.8); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2CEDC — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEE2D4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.45:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green226
Blue212

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.8
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #CEE2D4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEE2D4.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEE2D4.
15.45:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEE2D4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEE2D4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2DED3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEDCD5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBE1DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEE2D4?

#CEE2D4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 89% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEE2D4?

Use black text. Black on #CEE2D4 has a contrast ratio of 15.45:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEE2D4?

Its complementary colour is #E2CEDC, and analogous partners are #D2E2CE and #CEE2DE.