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#CFFDE8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFFDE8

#CFFDE8 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 4.5); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDCFE4 — a bubblegum tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFFDE8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.87:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green253
Blue232

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 16.0
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 16.7

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

Text on #CFFDE8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDE8.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDE8.
18.87:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFFDE8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFFDE8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF6E7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2F0E9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6FDF7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFFDE8?

#CFFDE8 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 #CFFDE8?

Use black text. Black on #CFFDE8 has a contrast ratio of 18.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFFDE8?

Its complementary colour is #FDCFE4, and analogous partners are #CFFDD1 and #CFFBFD.