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#B7FFB3

Mint · very light cool green

About #B7FFB3

#B7FFB3 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 72% red, 100% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Mint and Seafoam (ΔE 17.3); Seafoam comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FBB3FF — a mauve tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #B7FFB3 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.97:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red183
Green255
Blue179

Closest named colours

Mint
#98FF98 · ΔE 17.3
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 18.3
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 21.3

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

Text on #B7FFB3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mint #B7FFB3.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mint #B7FFB3.
17.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B7FFB3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B7FFB3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FFF2AE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#F7EAB7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B1FAEB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B7FFB3?

#B7FFB3 is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 72% red, 100% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B7FFB3?

Use black text. Black on #B7FFB3 has a contrast ratio of 17.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B7FFB3?

Its complementary colour is #FBB3FF, and analogous partners are #DDFFB3 and #B3FFD5.