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#CFEDCE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEDCE

#CFEDCE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.3); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECCEED — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFEDCE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.66:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green237
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.8

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

Text on #CFEDCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEDCE.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEDCE.
16.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFEDCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFE7CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E4CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDEBE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEDCE?

#CFEDCE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEDCE?

Use black text. Black on #CFEDCE has a contrast ratio of 16.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEDCE?

Its complementary colour is #ECCEED, and analogous partners are #DFEDCE and #CEEDDD.