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#CEEDE5

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEEDE5

With the hex code #CEEDE5, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 93% green and 90% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% 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 7.7 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDCED6, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.87:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green237
Blue229

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #CEEDE5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEDE5.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEDE5.
16.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEDE5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEDE5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAE9E5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E4E6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7EEEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEDE5?

With the hex code #CEEDE5, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 93% green and 90% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEDE5?

Use black text. Black on #CEEDE5 has a contrast ratio of 16.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEDE5?

Its complementary colour is #EDCED6, and analogous partners are #CEEDD6 and #CEE6ED.