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#BCDBC4

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCDBC4

With the hex code #BCDBC4, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 86% green and 77% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.6 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DBBCD3, 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 14.07:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green219
Blue196

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.7
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 15.2

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

Text on #BCDBC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDBC4.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDBC4.
14.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCDBC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCDBC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBD6C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D2C5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8DAD4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDBC4?

With the hex code #BCDBC4, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 86% green and 77% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDBC4?

Use black text. Black on #BCDBC4 has a contrast ratio of 14.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDBC4?

Its complementary colour is #DBBCD3, and analogous partners are #C4DBBC and #BCDBD3.