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#BBEDD4

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BBEDD4

With the hex code #BBEDD4, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 93% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% 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 4.2 — followed by Seafoam. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDBBD4, 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 16.18:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red187
Green237
Blue212

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.2
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 15.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 16.8

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

Text on #BBEDD4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBEDD4.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBEDD4.
16.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BBEDD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BBEDD4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE6D3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DFD5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B1EDE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BBEDD4?

With the hex code #BBEDD4, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 93% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BBEDD4?

Use black text. Black on #BBEDD4 has a contrast ratio of 16.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BBEDD4?

Its complementary colour is #EDBBD4, and analogous partners are #BBEDBB and #BBEDED.