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#CFEDE4

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEDE4

With the hex code #CFEDE4, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 93% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.4 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDCFD8, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.89:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green237
Blue228

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.8
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #CFEDE4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEDE4.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEDE4.
16.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFEDE4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFEDE4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE9E4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E5E5E5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8EEEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEDE4?

With the hex code #CFEDE4, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 93% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEDE4?

Use black text. Black on #CFEDE4 has a contrast ratio of 16.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEDE4?

Its complementary colour is #EDCFD8, and analogous partners are #CFEDD5 and #CFE7ED.