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#CEEFE9

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CEEFE9

With the hex code #CEEFE9, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 94% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 8.4 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EFCED4, 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 — 17.15:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green239
Blue233

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.6
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #CEEFE9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEFE9.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEEFE9.
17.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEEFE9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEEFE9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECEBE9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E6EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6F0ED

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEEFE9?

With the hex code #CEEFE9, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 94% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CEEFE9?

Use black text. Black on #CEEFE9 has a contrast ratio of 17.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEEFE9?

Its complementary colour is #EFCED4, and analogous partners are #CEEFD9 and #CEE5EF.