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#CFFDD5

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFFDD5

#CFFDD5 is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 99% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 10.6), with Seafoam the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FDCFF7 (thistle), 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 — 18.66:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green253
Blue213

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.6
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.1
Cream
#FFFDD0 · ΔE 17.6

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

Text on #CFFDD5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDD5.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDD5.
18.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFFDD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFFDD5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FEF5D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6EFD7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAFBF2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFFDD5?

#CFFDD5 is a very light, moderately saturated green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 99% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFFDD5?

Use black text. Black on #CFFDD5 has a contrast ratio of 18.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFFDD5?

Its complementary colour is #FDCFF7, and analogous partners are #E0FDCF and #CFFDEC.