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#BBFFFA

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #BBFFFA

#BBFFFA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 100% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 11.9); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFBBC0 — a light pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BBFFFA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.80:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red187
Green255
Blue250

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.8
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 17.6

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

Text on #BBFFFA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBFFFA.
1.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BBFFFA.
18.80:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BBFFFA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F7F8FA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAEEFB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A5FFFD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BBFFFA?

#BBFFFA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 100% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BBFFFA?

Use black text. Black on #BBFFFA has a contrast ratio of 18.80:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BBFFFA?

Its complementary colour is #FFBBC0, and analogous partners are #BBFFD8 and #BBE2FF.