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#CFFDE7

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFFDE7

#CFFDE7 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 99% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.5), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FDCFE5 (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 — 18.86:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green253
Blue231

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 16.0
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 16.8

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

Text on #CFFDE7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDE7.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDE7.
18.86:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFFDE7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFFDE7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF6E6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F3F0E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6FDF6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFFDE7?

#CFFDE7 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 99% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFFDE7?

Use black text. Black on #CFFDE7 has a contrast ratio of 18.86:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFFDE7?

Its complementary colour is #FDCFE5, and analogous partners are #CFFDD0 and #CFFCFD.