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#BADBC4

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BADBC4

#BADBC4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 73% red, 86% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.5), with Light Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DBBAD1 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.02:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red186
Green219
Blue196

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.8

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

Text on #BADBC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BADBC4.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BADBC4.
14.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BADBC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BADBC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBD5C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D1C5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5DAD4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BADBC4?

#BADBC4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 73% red, 86% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BADBC4?

Use black text. Black on #BADBC4 has a contrast ratio of 14.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BADBC4?

Its complementary colour is #DBBAD1, and analogous partners are #C0DBBA and #BADBD5.