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#CEEBC5

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEEBC5

#CEEBC5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 92% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.7); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2C5EB — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEEBC5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green235
Blue197

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.3

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

Text on #CEEBC5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEBC5.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEBC5.
16.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEBC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEBC5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE4C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E2C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDE8E0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEBC5?

#CEEBC5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 92% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEBC5?

Use black text. Black on #CEEBC5 has a contrast ratio of 16.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEBC5?

Its complementary colour is #E2C5EB, and analogous partners are #E1EBC5 and #C5EBCF.