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#E2FBE8

Pale Mint · very light cool white

About #E2FBE8

#E2FBE8 is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 98% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 2% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.5), with Beige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FBE2F5 (lavender), 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 19.20:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red226
Green251
Blue232

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 9.3
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 9.6

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

Text on #E2FBE8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #E2FBE8.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #E2FBE8.
19.20:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2FBE8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2FBE8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FBF6E7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F6F3E9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DFFAF5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2FBE8?

#E2FBE8 is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 89% red, 98% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 2% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E2FBE8?

Use black text. Black on #E2FBE8 has a contrast ratio of 19.20:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2FBE8?

Its complementary colour is #FBE2F5, and analogous partners are #E9FBE2 and #E2FBF5.