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#CFEFDE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEFDE

#CFEFDE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 94% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.8); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EFCFE0 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFEFDE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.05:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green239
Blue222

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.6
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #CFEFDE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFDE.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFDE.
17.05:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFEFDE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEEADD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E6DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9EFEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEFDE?

#CFEFDE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 94% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEFDE?

Use black text. Black on #CFEFDE has a contrast ratio of 17.05:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEFDE?

Its complementary colour is #EFCFE0, and analogous partners are #D0EFCF and #CFEFEE.