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#CEEDE6

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CEEDE6

#CEEDE6 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 90% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.2), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDCED5 (baby pink), 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 16.88:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green237
Blue230

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.9
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #CEEDE6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEDE6.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEDE6.
16.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEDE6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEDE6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAE9E6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E5E7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7EEEB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEDE6?

#CEEDE6 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 90% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEDE6?

Use black text. Black on #CEEDE6 has a contrast ratio of 16.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEDE6?

Its complementary colour is #EDCED5, and analogous partners are #CEEDD6 and #CEE4ED.