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#CFF2D8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFF2D8

#CFF2D8 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 95% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.3); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2CFE9 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFF2D8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.35:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green242
Blue216

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 12.9
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 15.0

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

Text on #CFF2D8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2D8.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2D8.
17.35:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFF2D8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFF2D8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F2ECD7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ECE8D9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAF1EA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFF2D8?

#CFF2D8 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 95% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFF2D8?

Use black text. Black on #CFF2D8 has a contrast ratio of 17.35:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFF2D8?

Its complementary colour is #F2CFE9, and analogous partners are #D8F2CF and #CFF2EA.