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#CEEDD6

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEEDD6

With the hex code #CEEDD6, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 93% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 3.5 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDCEE5, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.71:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green237
Blue214

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.1
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #CEEDD6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEDD6.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEDD6.
16.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEDD6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEDD6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE8D5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E4D7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAECE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEDD6?

With the hex code #CEEDD6, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 93% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEDD6?

Use black text. Black on #CEEDD6 has a contrast ratio of 16.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEDD6?

Its complementary colour is #EDCEE5, and analogous partners are #D6EDCE and #CEEDE6.