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#CFEDD4

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEDD4

#CFEDD4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.2); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDCFE8 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFEDD4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green237
Blue212

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 11.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 13.3

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

Text on #CFEDD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEDD4.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEDD4.
16.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFEDD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFEDD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEE7D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E4D5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCECE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEDD4?

#CFEDD4 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEDD4?

Use black text. Black on #CFEDD4 has a contrast ratio of 16.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEDD4?

Its complementary colour is #EDCFE8, and analogous partners are #D9EDCF and #CFEDE3.