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#CFFDEB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFFDEB

#CFFDEB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 99% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.8); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDCFE1 — a bubblegum tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFFDEB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.90:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green253
Blue235

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.7
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 16.2

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

Text on #CFFDEB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDEB.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDEB.
18.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFFDEB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FAF7EA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F2F0EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5FEF8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFFDEB?

#CFFDEB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 99% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFFDEB?

Use black text. Black on #CFFDEB has a contrast ratio of 18.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFFDEB?

Its complementary colour is #FDCFE1, and analogous partners are #CFFDD4 and #CFF8FD.