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#CFFDED

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #CFFDED

#CFFDED is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 99% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.3), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FDCFDF (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 — 18.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green253
Blue237

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.3
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.0
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 16.2

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

Text on #CFFDED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDED.
1.11:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #CFFDED.
18.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFFDED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FAF7EC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F1F0EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C5FEF8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFFDED?

#CFFDED is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 81% red, 99% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 1% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CFFDED?

Use black text. Black on #CFFDED has a contrast ratio of 18.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFFDED?

Its complementary colour is #FDCFDF, and analogous partners are #CFFDD6 and #CFF6FD.