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#B8DFCD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #B8DFCD

With the hex code #B8DFCD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 6.0 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DFB8CA, 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 — 14.47:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red184
Green223
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 11.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.8

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

Text on #B8DFCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B8DFCD.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B8DFCD.
14.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B8DFCD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B8DFCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDD9CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D4CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B0DFDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B8DFCD?

With the hex code #B8DFCD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B8DFCD?

Use black text. Black on #B8DFCD has a contrast ratio of 14.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B8DFCD?

Its complementary colour is #DFB8CA, and analogous partners are #B8DFBA and #B8DDDF.