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#CFF2CF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFF2CF

#CFF2CF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 95% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.4); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2CFF2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFF2CF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.25:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green242
Blue207

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 14.1
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 15.5

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

Text on #CFF2CF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2CF.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2CF.
17.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFF2CF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFF2CF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4EBCD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EEE7D1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCF0E8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFF2CF?

#CFF2CF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 95% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFF2CF?

Use black text. Black on #CFF2CF has a contrast ratio of 17.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFF2CF?

Its complementary colour is #F2CFF2, and analogous partners are #E1F2CF and #CFF2E1.