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#CEF3C8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CEF3C8

#CEF3C8 is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 95% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 11.4), with Cream the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDC8F3 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green243
Blue200

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.4
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 15.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 16.7

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

Text on #CEF3C8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEF3C8.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CEF3C8.
17.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEF3C8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEF3C8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6EBC6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EFE7CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCF0E7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEF3C8?

#CEF3C8 is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 95% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEF3C8?

Use black text. Black on #CEF3C8 has a contrast ratio of 17.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEF3C8?

Its complementary colour is #EDC8F3, and analogous partners are #E4F3C8 and #C8F3D8.