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#B4DECC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #B4DECC

With the hex code #B4DECC, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 71% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% 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 #DEB4C6, 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 14.26:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red180
Green222
Blue204

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 12.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.8

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

Text on #B4DECC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B4DECC.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B4DECC.
14.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B4DECC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B4DECC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD8CB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D2CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ABDED9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B4DECC?

With the hex code #B4DECC, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 71% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B4DECC?

Use black text. Black on #B4DECC has a contrast ratio of 14.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B4DECC?

Its complementary colour is #DEB4C6, and analogous partners are #B4DEB7 and #B4DBDE.