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#BBEDD5

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BBEDD5

#BBEDD5 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 73% red, 93% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.9), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDBBD3 (bubblegum), 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 — 16.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red187
Green237
Blue213

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 16.3
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.3

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

Text on #BBEDD5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBEDD5.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBEDD5.
16.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BBEDD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BBEDD5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE6D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DFD6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B1EDE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BBEDD5?

#BBEDD5 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 73% red, 93% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BBEDD5?

Use black text. Black on #BBEDD5 has a contrast ratio of 16.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BBEDD5?

Its complementary colour is #EDBBD3, and analogous partners are #BBEDBC and #BBECED.