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#CFEFCF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEFCF

#CFEFCF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 94% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.3); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFCFEF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFEFCF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.90:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green239
Blue207

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.7

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

Text on #CFEFCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFCF.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFCF.
16.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFEFCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1E9CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EBE5D1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCEDE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEFCF?

#CFEFCF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 94% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEFCF?

Use black text. Black on #CFEFCF has a contrast ratio of 16.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEFCF?

Its complementary colour is #EFCFEF, and analogous partners are #DFEFCF and #CFEFDF.