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#CFF1EB

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #CFF1EB

#CFF1EB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 95% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.4); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F1CFD5 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFF1EB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.43:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green241
Blue235

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.9
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #CFF1EB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF1EB.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF1EB.
17.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFF1EB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFF1EB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDEDEB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E8EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6F3EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFF1EB?

#CFF1EB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 95% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFF1EB?

Use black text. Black on #CFF1EB has a contrast ratio of 17.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFF1EB?

Its complementary colour is #F1CFD5, and analogous partners are #CFF1DA and #CFE6F1.