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#CEEEE2

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEEEE2

#CEEEE2 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 89% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.7), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EECEDA (thistle), 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 16.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green238
Blue226

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #CEEEE2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEEE2.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEEE2.
16.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEEE2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEEE2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE9E1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E5E3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7EFEA

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEEE2?

#CEEEE2 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 89% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEEE2?

Use black text. Black on #CEEEE2 has a contrast ratio of 16.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEEE2?

Its complementary colour is #EECEDA, and analogous partners are #CEEED2 and #CEEAEE.