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#CFEDE3

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEDE3

#CFEDE3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.0); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDCFD9 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFEDE3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green237
Blue227

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.2
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #CFEDE3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEDE3.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEDE3.
16.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFEDE3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFEDE3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE9E3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E5E4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9EEEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEDE3?

#CFEDE3 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 93% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEDE3?

Use black text. Black on #CFEDE3 has a contrast ratio of 16.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEDE3?

Its complementary colour is #EDCFD9, and analogous partners are #CFEDD4 and #CFE8ED.