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#CFEECC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEECC

#CFEECC is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.4), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EBCCEE (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.75:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green238
Blue204

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.6

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

Text on #CFEECC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEECC.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEECC.
16.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFEECC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0E8CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE4CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDECE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEECC?

#CFEECC is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 93% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEECC?

Use black text. Black on #CFEECC has a contrast ratio of 16.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEECC?

Its complementary colour is #EBCCEE, and analogous partners are #E0EECC and #CCEEDA.