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#B8DABA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #B8DABA

With the hex code #B8DABA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 85% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 9.9 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DAB8D8, 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 13.78:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red184
Green218
Blue186

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.1
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 16.3

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

Text on #B8DABA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B8DABA.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B8DABA.
13.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B8DABA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B8DABA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBD3B8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D0BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5D8D1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B8DABA?

With the hex code #B8DABA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 85% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B8DABA?

Use black text. Black on #B8DABA has a contrast ratio of 13.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B8DABA?

Its complementary colour is #DAB8D8, and analogous partners are #C7DAB8 and #B8DACB.