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#CFEFE0

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEFE0

#CFEFE0 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 94% green and 88% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.5), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFCFDE (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.08:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green239
Blue224

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.1

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

Text on #CFEFE0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFE0.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFE0.
17.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFEFE0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFEFE0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDEADF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E6E1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9EFEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEFE0?

#CFEFE0 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 94% green and 88% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEFE0?

Use black text. Black on #CFEFE0 has a contrast ratio of 17.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEFE0?

Its complementary colour is #EFCFDE, and analogous partners are #CFEFD0 and #CFEEEF.