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#CFF4CD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFF4CD

#CFF4CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 96% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.4); Cream comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F2CDF4 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFF4CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.47:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green244
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.4
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 15.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 15.5

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

Text on #CFF4CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF4CD.
1.20:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFF4CD.
17.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFF4CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFF4CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6EDCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0E9CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCF1E9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFF4CD?

#CFF4CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 96% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFF4CD?

Use black text. Black on #CFF4CD has a contrast ratio of 17.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFF4CD?

Its complementary colour is #F2CDF4, and analogous partners are #E3F4CD and #CDF4DF.