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#CEF2EC

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CEF2EC

With the hex code #CEF2EC, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 95% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 8.2 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #F2CED4, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.54:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green242
Blue236

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.8
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #CEF2EC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEF2EC.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEF2EC.
17.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEF2EC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEF2EC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEEEEC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E8ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5F4F0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEF2EC?

With the hex code #CEF2EC, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 95% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CEF2EC?

Use black text. Black on #CEF2EC has a contrast ratio of 17.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEF2EC?

Its complementary colour is #F2CED4, and analogous partners are #CEF2DA and #CEE6F2.