ColorXprez

#BBEDCF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BBEDCF

#BBEDCF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 73% red, 93% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.1), with Seafoam the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDBBD9 (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 — 16.13:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red187
Green237
Blue207

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.1
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 14.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 17.1

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

Text on #BBEDCF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBEDCF.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBEDCF.
16.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BBEDCF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE5CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DFD1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B2ECE4

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BBEDCF?

#BBEDCF is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 73% red, 93% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BBEDCF?

Use black text. Black on #BBEDCF has a contrast ratio of 16.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BBEDCF?

Its complementary colour is #EDBBD9, and analogous partners are #C0EDBB and #BBEDE8.