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#CFE4CC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFE4CC

With the hex code #CFE4CC, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 89% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.5 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E1CCE4, a thistle 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 15.62:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green228
Blue204

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #CFE4CC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFE4CC.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFE4CC.
15.62:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFE4CC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFE4CC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6DFCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DDCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CEE2DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFE4CC?

With the hex code #CFE4CC, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 89% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFE4CC?

Use black text. Black on #CFE4CC has a contrast ratio of 15.62:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFE4CC?

Its complementary colour is #E1CCE4, and analogous partners are #DBE4CC and #CCE4D5.