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#CFFCE9

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFFCE9

#CFFCE9 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 99% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.3); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FCCFE2 — a bubblegum tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFFCE9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.75:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green252
Blue233

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.3
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 15.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #CFFCE9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFCE9.
1.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFCE9.
18.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFFCE9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFFCE9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FAF6E8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F1F0EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6FCF6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFFCE9?

#CFFCE9 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 99% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFFCE9?

Use black text. Black on #CFFCE9 has a contrast ratio of 18.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFFCE9?

Its complementary colour is #FCCFE2, and analogous partners are #CFFCD3 and #CFF9FC.