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#CFF2D2

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFF2D2

#CFF2D2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 95% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.0); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2CFEF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFF2D2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green242
Blue210

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.0
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 15.9

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

Text on #CFF2D2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2D2.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2D2.
17.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFF2D2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFF2D2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3EBD0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EDE7D4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBF0E9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFF2D2?

#CFF2D2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 95% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFF2D2?

Use black text. Black on #CFF2D2 has a contrast ratio of 17.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFF2D2?

Its complementary colour is #F2CFEF, and analogous partners are #DEF2CF and #CFF2E3.