#B4E8D0
Pale Mint · very light cool green
About #B4E8D0
#B4E8D0 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 71% red, 91% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.5); Seafoam comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E8B4CC — a bubblegum tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #B4E8D0 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.39:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #B4E8D0
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #B4E8D0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #B4E8D0?
#B4E8D0 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 71% red, 91% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #B4E8D0?
Use black text. Black on #B4E8D0 has a contrast ratio of 15.39:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #B4E8D0?
Its complementary colour is #E8B4CC, and analogous partners are #B4E8B6 and #B4E6E8.