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#BBE8CB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BBE8CB

#BBE8CB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 73% red, 91% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 9% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.6), with Light Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E8BBD8 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.52:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red187
Green232
Blue203

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.9
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 15.6

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

Text on #BBE8CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBE8CB.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBE8CB.
15.52:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BBE8CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BBE8CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E1CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFDBCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B4E7E0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BBE8CB?

#BBE8CB is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 73% red, 91% green and 80% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 9% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BBE8CB?

Use black text. Black on #BBE8CB has a contrast ratio of 15.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BBE8CB?

Its complementary colour is #E8BBD8, and analogous partners are #C1E8BB and #BBE8E2.