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#CFEFCD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEFCD

With the hex code #CFEFCD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 94% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.3 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDCDEF, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best 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
Green239
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 15.0

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

Text on #CFEFCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

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

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFEFCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1E8CB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE5CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDEDE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEFCD?

With the hex code #CFEFCD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 94% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEFCD?

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

›What colours go with #CFEFCD?

Its complementary colour is #EDCDEF, and analogous partners are #E0EFCD and #CDEFDC.