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#BAE0BE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BAE0BE

With the hex code #BAE0BE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 88% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 9.1 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E0BADC, 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 14.49:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red186
Green224
Blue190

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 12.5
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #BAE0BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BAE0BE.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BAE0BE.
14.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BAE0BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BAE0BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1D9BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DAD5C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6DED6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BAE0BE?

With the hex code #BAE0BE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 88% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BAE0BE?

Use black text. Black on #BAE0BE has a contrast ratio of 14.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BAE0BE?

Its complementary colour is #E0BADC, and analogous partners are #C9E0BA and #BAE0D1.