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#BADBC0

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BADBC0

With the hex code #BADBC0, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 86% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 8.2 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DBBAD5, 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 13.98:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red186
Green219
Blue192

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.2
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 16.5

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

Text on #BADBC0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BADBC0.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BADBC0.
13.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BADBC0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BADBC0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD5BF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D1C1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6DAD3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BADBC0?

With the hex code #BADBC0, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 86% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BADBC0?

Use black text. Black on #BADBC0 has a contrast ratio of 13.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BADBC0?

Its complementary colour is #DBBAD5, and analogous partners are #C4DBBA and #BADBD1.