#CFFDEE
Pale Mint · very light cool green
About #CFFDEE
#CFFDEE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 99% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.6); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDCFDE — a bubblegum tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CFFDEE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.94:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CFFDEE
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #CFFDEE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CFFDEE?
#CFFDEE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 99% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CFFDEE?
Use black text. Black on #CFFDEE has a contrast ratio of 18.94:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CFFDEE?
Its complementary colour is #FDCFDE, and analogous partners are #CFFDD7 and #CFF5FD.