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#BADBC6

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BADBC6

With the hex code #BADBC6, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 86% green and 78% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% 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 7.4 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DBBACF, 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 14.04:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red186
Green219
Blue198

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.3
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 14.8

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

Text on #BADBC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BADBC6.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BADBC6.
14.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BADBC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BADBC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DAD6C5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D1C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5DAD5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BADBC6?

With the hex code #BADBC6, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 86% green and 78% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BADBC6?

Use black text. Black on #BADBC6 has a contrast ratio of 14.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BADBC6?

Its complementary colour is #DBBACF, and analogous partners are #BEDBBA and #BADBD7.