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#CFF2E6

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFF2E6

#CFF2E6 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 95% green and 90% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.4), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F2CFDB (baby pink), 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 17.50:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green242
Blue230

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #CFF2E6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2E6.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2E6.
17.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFF2E6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFF2E6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F0EDE5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E8E7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7F3EE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFF2E6?

#CFF2E6 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 95% green and 90% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFF2E6?

Use black text. Black on #CFF2E6 has a contrast ratio of 17.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFF2E6?

Its complementary colour is #F2CFDB, and analogous partners are #CFF2D5 and #CFECF2.