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#E2FBEF

Pale Mint · very light cool white

About #E2FBEF

#E2FBEF is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 98% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.0); Ivory comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FBE2EE — a lavender tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E2FBEF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 19.28:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red226
Green251
Blue239

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.0
Ivory
#FFFFF0 · ΔE 9.3
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #E2FBEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #E2FBEF.
1.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #E2FBEF.
19.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E2FBEF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E2FBEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FAF7EE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F5F4F0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DDFBF7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E2FBEF?

#E2FBEF is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 98% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E2FBEF?

Use black text. Black on #E2FBEF has a contrast ratio of 19.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E2FBEF?

Its complementary colour is #FBE2EE, and analogous partners are #E2FBE3 and #E2FAFB.