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#B3FFD5

Seafoam · very light cool green

About #B3FFD5

#B3FFD5 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 70% red, 100% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Seafoam (ΔE 8.9); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFB3DD — a light pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #B3FFD5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.18:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red179
Green255
Blue213

Closest named colours

Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 8.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 16.3
Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 24.5

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

Text on #B3FFD5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #B3FFD5.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #B3FFD5.
18.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B3FFD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B3FFD5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FDF4D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F0EBD7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A4FEF3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B3FFD5?

#B3FFD5 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 70% red, 100% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B3FFD5?

Use black text. Black on #B3FFD5 has a contrast ratio of 18.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B3FFD5?

Its complementary colour is #FFB3DD, and analogous partners are #B7FFB3 and #B3FFFB.