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#CEEDD1

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEEDD1

#CEEDD1 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 82% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.9), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDCEEA (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.66:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green237
Blue209

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #CEEDD1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEDD1.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEDD1.
16.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEDD1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEDD1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE7D0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E4D2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBEBE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEDD1?

#CEEDD1 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 82% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEDD1?

Use black text. Black on #CEEDD1 has a contrast ratio of 16.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEDD1?

Its complementary colour is #EDCEEA, and analogous partners are #DBEDCE and #CEEDE0.