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#CFF2E8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFF2E8

With the hex code #CFF2E8, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 95% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 6.4 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #F2CFD9, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.52:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green242
Blue232

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 12.9

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

Text on #CFF2E8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2E8.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2E8.
17.52:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFF2E8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFF2E8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFEDE8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E8E9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7F3EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFF2E8?

With the hex code #CFF2E8, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 95% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 5% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFF2E8?

Use black text. Black on #CFF2E8 has a contrast ratio of 17.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFF2E8?

Its complementary colour is #F2CFD9, and analogous partners are #CFF2D7 and #CFEAF2.