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#B8DDBD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #B8DDBD

With the hex code #B8DDBD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 87% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 9.0 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DDB8D8, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.12:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red184
Green221
Blue189

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 11.4
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 17.1

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

Text on #B8DDBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B8DDBD.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B8DDBD.
14.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B8DDBD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B8DDBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED6BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D2BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B4DBD4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B8DDBD?

With the hex code #B8DDBD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 87% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B8DDBD?

Use black text. Black on #B8DDBD has a contrast ratio of 14.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B8DDBD?

Its complementary colour is #DDB8D8, and analogous partners are #C6DDB8 and #B8DDD0.