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#CEEED3

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEEED3

#CEEED3 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 4.2), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EECEE9 (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 — 16.79:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green238
Blue211

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.0

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

Text on #CEEED3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEED3.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEED3.
16.79:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEED3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEED3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFE8D2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E4D4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAEDE6

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEED3?

#CEEED3 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 #CEEED3?

Use black text. Black on #CEEED3 has a contrast ratio of 16.79:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEED3?

Its complementary colour is #EECEE9, and analogous partners are #D9EECE and #CEEEE3.