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#CFF2D4

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFF2D4

#CFF2D4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 95% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.0), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F2CFED (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 17.30:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green242
Blue212

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.0
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 13.3
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 15.6

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

Text on #CFF2D4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2D4.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2D4.
17.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFF2D4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFF2D4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F3ECD2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EDE8D5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CBF0E9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFF2D4?

#CFF2D4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 95% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFF2D4?

Use black text. Black on #CFF2D4 has a contrast ratio of 17.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFF2D4?

Its complementary colour is #F2CFED, and analogous partners are #DCF2CF and #CFF2E5.