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#CEEEE9

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CEEEE9

#CEEEE9 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.1); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EECED3 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEEEE9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.03:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green238
Blue233

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #CEEEE9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEEE9.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEEE9.
17.03:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEEE9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEEE9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBEAE9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E5EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6F0EC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEEE9?

#CEEEE9 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEEE9?

Use black text. Black on #CEEEE9 has a contrast ratio of 17.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEEE9?

Its complementary colour is #EECED3, and analogous partners are #CEEED9 and #CEE3EE.