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#A6D2BF

Pale Mint · light cool green

About #A6D2BF

With the hex code #A6D2BF, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 65% red, 82% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 18% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 10.9 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D2A6B9, a lilac shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.59:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red166
Green210
Blue191

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 11.5
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #A6D2BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #A6D2BF.
1.67:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #A6D2BF.
12.59:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A6D2BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A6D2BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D0CCBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8C6C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9DD2CC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A6D2BF?

With the hex code #A6D2BF, this is a light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 65% red, 82% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 18% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #A6D2BF?

Use black text. Black on #A6D2BF has a contrast ratio of 12.59:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #A6D2BF?

Its complementary colour is #D2A6B9, and analogous partners are #A6D2A9 and #A6CFD2.