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#CEEED8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEEED8

With the hex code #CEEED8, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 93% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% 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 3.0 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EECEE4, 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 16.85:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green238
Blue216

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.0
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 13.7

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

Text on #CEEED8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEED8.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEED8.
16.85:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEED8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEED8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE9D7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E5D9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9EDE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEED8?

With the hex code #CEEED8, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 93% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEED8?

Use black text. Black on #CEEED8 has a contrast ratio of 16.85:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEED8?

Its complementary colour is #EECEE4, and analogous partners are #D4EECE and #CEEEE8.