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#B8DFBE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #B8DFBE

With the hex code #B8DFBE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 87% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% 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 8.9 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DFB8D9, 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 14.34:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red184
Green223
Blue190

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 12.4
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.2

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

Text on #B8DFBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B8DFBE.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B8DFBE.
14.34:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B8DFBE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B8DFBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0D8BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D4C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B3DDD6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B8DFBE?

With the hex code #B8DFBE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 87% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B8DFBE?

Use black text. Black on #B8DFBE has a contrast ratio of 14.34:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B8DFBE?

Its complementary colour is #DFB8D9, and analogous partners are #C5DFB8 and #B8DFD2.