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#BBEDCE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BBEDCE

With the hex code #BBEDCE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 93% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 6.5 — followed by Seafoam. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDBBDA, 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 16.12:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red187
Green237
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.5
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 14.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 17.2

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

Text on #BBEDCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBEDCE.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBEDCE.
16.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BBEDCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE5CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DFD0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B3ECE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BBEDCE?

With the hex code #BBEDCE, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 93% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BBEDCE?

Use black text. Black on #BBEDCE has a contrast ratio of 16.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BBEDCE?

Its complementary colour is #EDBBDA, and analogous partners are #C1EDBB and #BBEDE7.