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#CEEDD4

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEEDD4

#CEEDD4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.9), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDCEE7 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.69:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green237
Blue212

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.2
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #CEEDD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEDD4.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEDD4.
16.69:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEDD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEDD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE7D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E4D5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAECE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEDD4?

#CEEDD4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEDD4?

Use black text. Black on #CEEDD4 has a contrast ratio of 16.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEDD4?

Its complementary colour is #EDCEE7, and analogous partners are #D8EDCE and #CEEDE4.