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#CEEED7

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEEED7

#CEEED7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.1); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EECEE5 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEEED7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green238
Blue215

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 13.8

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

Text on #CEEED7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEED7.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEED7.
16.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEED7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEED7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE8D6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E5D8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAEDE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEED7?

#CEEED7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEED7?

Use black text. Black on #CEEED7 has a contrast ratio of 16.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEED7?

Its complementary colour is #EECEE5, and analogous partners are #D5EECE and #CEEEE7.