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#B8DFD2

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #B8DFD2

#B8DFD2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 72% red, 87% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.0); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFB8C5 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #B8DFD2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.52:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red184
Green223
Blue210

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.2
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 12.8

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

Text on #B8DFD2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B8DFD2.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #B8DFD2.
14.52:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B8DFD2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B8DFD2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCDAD1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D4D3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AFE0DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B8DFD2?

#B8DFD2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 72% red, 87% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B8DFD2?

Use black text. Black on #B8DFD2 has a contrast ratio of 14.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B8DFD2?

Its complementary colour is #DFB8C5, and analogous partners are #B8DFBF and #B8D9DF.