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#CEEEE7

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CEEEE7

With the hex code #CEEEE7, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 93% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 8.1 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EECED5, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green238
Blue231

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.9
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #CEEEE7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEEE7.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEEE7.
17.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEEE7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEEE7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBEAE7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E5E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6EFEC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEEE7?

With the hex code #CEEEE7, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 93% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEEE7?

Use black text. Black on #CEEEE7 has a contrast ratio of 17.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEEE7?

Its complementary colour is #EECED5, and analogous partners are #CEEED7 and #CEE5EE.