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#CFEFDF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEFDF

With the hex code #CFEFDF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 94% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% 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 4.1 — followed by Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EFCFDF, 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 — 17.07:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green239
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.1
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #CFEFDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFDF.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFDF.
17.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFEFDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EEEADE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E6E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9EFEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEFDF?

With the hex code #CFEFDF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 94% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEFDF?

Use black text. Black on #CFEFDF has a contrast ratio of 17.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEFDF?

Its complementary colour is #EFCFDF, and analogous partners are #CFEFCF and #CFEFEF.