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#B3DECA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #B3DECA

With the hex code #B3DECA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 70% red, 87% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 6.5 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DEB3C7, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.22:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red179
Green222
Blue202

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 12.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.8

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

Text on #B3DECA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B3DECA.
1.48:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B3DECA.
14.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B3DECA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B3DECA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD8C9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D2CB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AADED8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B3DECA?

With the hex code #B3DECA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 70% red, 87% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B3DECA?

Use black text. Black on #B3DECA has a contrast ratio of 14.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B3DECA?

Its complementary colour is #DEB3C7, and analogous partners are #B3DEB4 and #B3DDDE.