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#CEE6DC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEE6DC

#CEE6DC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 90% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.6); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E6CED8 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEE6DC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.98:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green230
Blue220

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #CEE6DC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEE6DC.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEE6DC.
15.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEE6DC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEE6DC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E5E2DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0DFDD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9E6E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEE6DC?

#CEE6DC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 90% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEE6DC?

Use black text. Black on #CEE6DC has a contrast ratio of 15.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEE6DC?

Its complementary colour is #E6CED8, and analogous partners are #CEE6D0 and #CEE4E6.