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#CFFDE9

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFFDE9

With the hex code #CFFDE9, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 99% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% 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 Beige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FDCFE3, a bubblegum shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green253
Blue233

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 16.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 16.5

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

Text on #CFFDE9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDE9.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDE9.
18.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFFDE9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFFDE9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF6E8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2F0EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C6FDF7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFFDE9?

With the hex code #CFFDE9, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 99% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFFDE9?

Use black text. Black on #CFFDE9 has a contrast ratio of 18.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFFDE9?

Its complementary colour is #FDCFE3, and analogous partners are #CFFDD2 and #CFFAFD.