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#CFFCEA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFFCEA

With the hex code #CFFCEA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 99% green and 92% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 4.5 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FCCFE1, a bubblegum 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 18.77:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green252
Blue234

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.5
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.6
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 15.9

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

Text on #CFFCEA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFCEA.
1.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFCEA.
18.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFFCEA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F9F6E9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F1F0EB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6FDF7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFFCEA?

With the hex code #CFFCEA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 99% green and 92% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFFCEA?

Use black text. Black on #CFFCEA has a contrast ratio of 18.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFFCEA?

Its complementary colour is #FCCFE1, and analogous partners are #CFFCD3 and #CFF8FC.