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#BADBC3

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BADBC3

With the hex code #BADBC3, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 86% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.6 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DBBAD2, 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 — 14.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red186
Green219
Blue195

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #BADBC3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BADBC3.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BADBC3.
14.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BADBC3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BADBC3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBD5C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D1C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5DAD4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BADBC3?

With the hex code #BADBC3, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 86% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BADBC3?

Use black text. Black on #BADBC3 has a contrast ratio of 14.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BADBC3?

Its complementary colour is #DBBAD2, and analogous partners are #C2DBBA and #BADBD4.