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#CFECBD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFECBD

#CFECBD is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 14.0); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DABDEC — a periwinkle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFECBD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.39:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green236
Blue189

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.0
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 14.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 16.6

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

Text on #CFECBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFECBD.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFECBD.
16.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFECBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E5BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE2BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0E8DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFECBD?

#CFECBD is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFECBD?

Use black text. Black on #CFECBD has a contrast ratio of 16.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFECBD?

Its complementary colour is #DABDEC, and analogous partners are #E7ECBD and #BDECC3.