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#BAE4CC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BAE4CC

With the hex code #BAE4CC, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 89% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 4.7 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E4BAD2, 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 15.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red186
Green228
Blue204

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.8

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

Text on #BAE4CC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BAE4CC.
1.39:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BAE4CC.
15.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BAE4CC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BAE4CC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DDCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD8CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B3E4DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BAE4CC?

With the hex code #BAE4CC, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 89% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BAE4CC?

Use black text. Black on #BAE4CC has a contrast ratio of 15.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BAE4CC?

Its complementary colour is #E4BAD2, and analogous partners are #BDE4BA and #BAE4E1.