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#CFE5CE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFE5CE

With the hex code #CFE5CE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 90% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.0 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E4CEE5, 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 15.75:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green229
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #CFE5CE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFE5CE.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFE5CE.
15.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFE5CE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFE5CE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6E0CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DECF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDE3DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFE5CE?

With the hex code #CFE5CE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 90% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFE5CE?

Use black text. Black on #CFE5CE has a contrast ratio of 15.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFE5CE?

Its complementary colour is #E4CEE5, and analogous partners are #DBE5CE and #CEE5D9.