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#CFF1DE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFF1DE

#CFF1DE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 95% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 2.8), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F1CFE2 (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 17.29:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green241
Blue222

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 2.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.8
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 14.2

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

Text on #CFF1DE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF1DE.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF1DE.
17.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFF1DE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFF1DE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0ECDD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAE7DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9F1EB

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFF1DE?

#CFF1DE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 95% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFF1DE?

Use black text. Black on #CFF1DE has a contrast ratio of 17.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFF1DE?

Its complementary colour is #F1CFE2, and analogous partners are #D1F1CF and #CFF1EF.