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#B8DFBB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #B8DFBB

With the hex code #B8DFBB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 87% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% 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 10.2 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DFB8DC, 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 — 14.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red184
Green223
Blue187

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.2
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.0
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 15.7

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

Text on #B8DFBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B8DFBB.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B8DFBB.
14.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B8DFBB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B8DFBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0D8B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD3BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B4DDD5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B8DFBB?

With the hex code #B8DFBB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 87% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B8DFBB?

Use black text. Black on #B8DFBB has a contrast ratio of 14.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B8DFBB?

Its complementary colour is #DFB8DC, and analogous partners are #C9DFB8 and #B8DFCE.