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#CFF2E7

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFF2E7

#CFF2E7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 95% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.9); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2CFDA — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFF2E7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.51:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green242
Blue231

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.6
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #CFF2E7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2E7.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2E7.
17.51:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFF2E7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFF2E7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFEDE7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9E8E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7F3EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFF2E7?

#CFF2E7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 95% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFF2E7?

Use black text. Black on #CFF2E7 has a contrast ratio of 17.51:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFF2E7?

Its complementary colour is #F2CFDA, and analogous partners are #CFF2D6 and #CFECF2.