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#E2FBE3

Pale Mint · very light cool white

About #E2FBE3

#E2FBE3 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 98% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.4); Beige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FBE2FA — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E2FBE3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.14:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red226
Green251
Blue227

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 8.9
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #E2FBE3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #E2FBE3.
1.10:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #E2FBE3.
19.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2FBE3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2FBE3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FCF6E2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F8F3E4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E0FAF4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2FBE3?

#E2FBE3 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 98% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E2FBE3?

Use black text. Black on #E2FBE3 has a contrast ratio of 19.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2FBE3?

Its complementary colour is #FBE2FA, and analogous partners are #EEFBE2 and #E2FBEF.