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#CFFCEB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFFCEB

#CFFCEB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 99% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.7), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FCCFE0 (bubblegum), 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 — 18.78:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green252
Blue235

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.2
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #CFFCEB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFCEB.
1.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFCEB.
18.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFFCEB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F9F6EA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F1F0EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5FDF7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFFCEB?

#CFFCEB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 99% green and 92% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFFCEB?

Use black text. Black on #CFFCEB has a contrast ratio of 18.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFFCEB?

Its complementary colour is #FCCFE0, and analogous partners are #CFFCD4 and #CFF7FC.