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#CEEFC7

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEEFC7

#CEEFC7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 94% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 10.1); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E8C7EF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEEFC7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.80:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green239
Blue199

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.1
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 14.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 15.1

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

Text on #CEEFC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEFC7.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEFC7.
16.80:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEFC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEFC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2E8C5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE5C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCECE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEFC7?

#CEEFC7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 94% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEFC7?

Use black text. Black on #CEEFC7 has a contrast ratio of 16.80:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEFC7?

Its complementary colour is #E8C7EF, and analogous partners are #E2EFC7 and #C7EFD4.