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#CFE6CF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFE6CF

#CFE6CF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 90% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.6); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E6CFE6 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFE6CF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.87:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green230
Blue207

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #CFE6CF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFE6CF.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFE6CF.
15.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFE6CF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFE6CF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E1CE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DFD0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDE5DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFE6CF?

#CFE6CF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 90% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFE6CF?

Use black text. Black on #CFE6CF has a contrast ratio of 15.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFE6CF?

Its complementary colour is #E6CFE6, and analogous partners are #DBE6CF and #CFE6DB.