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#BBDBBF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BBDBBF

With the hex code #BBDBBF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 86% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 8.4 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DBBBD7, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red187
Green219
Blue191

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.2
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #BBDBBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBDBBF.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBDBBF.
14.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BBDBBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD5BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D1C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B7D9D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BBDBBF?

With the hex code #BBDBBF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 86% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BBDBBF?

Use black text. Black on #BBDBBF has a contrast ratio of 14.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BBDBBF?

Its complementary colour is #DBBBD7, and analogous partners are #C7DBBB and #BBDBCF.