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#CFEFDD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEFDD

#CFEFDD is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 94% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.5), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFCFE1 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.04:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green239
Blue221

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #CFEFDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFDD.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFDD.
17.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFEFDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEEADC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E6DE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAEFEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEFDD?

#CFEFDD is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 94% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEFDD?

Use black text. Black on #CFEFDD has a contrast ratio of 17.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEFDD?

Its complementary colour is #EFCFE1, and analogous partners are #D1EFCF and #CFEFED.