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#CEE5CB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEE5CB

#CEE5CB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 90% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.1); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2CBE5 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEE5CB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.69:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green229
Blue203

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #CEE5CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEE5CB.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEE5CB.
15.69:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEE5CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEE5CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E0CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DECC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDE3DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEE5CB?

#CEE5CB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 90% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEE5CB?

Use black text. Black on #CEE5CB has a contrast ratio of 15.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEE5CB?

Its complementary colour is #E2CBE5, and analogous partners are #DBE5CB and #CBE5D5.