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#CFF2E9

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFF2E9

#CFF2E9 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 95% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.9), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #F2CFD8 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.53:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green242
Blue233

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.9
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #CFF2E9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2E9.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF2E9.
17.53:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFF2E9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFF2E9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EFEDE9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E8EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7F3EF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFF2E9?

#CFF2E9 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 95% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 5% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFF2E9?

Use black text. Black on #CFF2E9 has a contrast ratio of 17.53:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFF2E9?

Its complementary colour is #F2CFD8, and analogous partners are #CFF2D7 and #CFEAF2.