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#CFEFE3

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFEFE3

#CFEFE3 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 94% green and 89% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.8), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EFCFDB (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 — 17.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green239
Blue227

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.9
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #CFEFE3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFE3.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFEFE3.
17.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFEFE3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFEFE3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDEAE2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E6E4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C8F0EB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFEFE3?

#CFEFE3 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 94% green and 89% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 6% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFEFE3?

Use black text. Black on #CFEFE3 has a contrast ratio of 17.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFEFE3?

Its complementary colour is #EFCFDB, and analogous partners are #CFEFD3 and #CFEBEF.