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#CFFDEA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFFDEA

#CFFDEA 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, 8% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.7), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FDCFE2 (bubblegum), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.89:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green253
Blue234

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 16.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 16.1

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

Text on #CFFDEA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDEA.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDEA.
18.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFFDEA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF6E9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2F0EB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5FEF7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFFDEA?

#CFFDEA 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, 8% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFFDEA?

Use black text. Black on #CFFDEA has a contrast ratio of 18.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFFDEA?

Its complementary colour is #FDCFE2, and analogous partners are #CFFDD3 and #CFF9FD.