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#CFEFDB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEFDB

#CFEFDB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 94% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.1); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFCFE3 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFEFDB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red207
Green239
Blue219

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #CFEFDB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFDB.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFDB.
17.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFEFDB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEEADA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E6DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAEEE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEFDB?

#CFEFDB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 94% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEFDB?

Use black text. Black on #CFEFDB has a contrast ratio of 17.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEFDB?

Its complementary colour is #EFCFE3, and analogous partners are #D3EFCF and #CFEFEB.