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#BAEDCB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BAEDCB

#BAEDCB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 93% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.1); Seafoam comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDBADC — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BAEDCB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red186
Green237
Blue203

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.1
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 12.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 17.8

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

Text on #BAEDCB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BAEDCB.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BAEDCB.
16.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BAEDCB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EDE5C9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4DFCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B2ECE3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BAEDCB?

#BAEDCB is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 93% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BAEDCB?

Use black text. Black on #BAEDCB has a contrast ratio of 16.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BAEDCB?

Its complementary colour is #EDBADC, and analogous partners are #C3EDBA and #BAEDE5.