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#BCDBCA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCDBCA

With the hex code #BCDBCA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 86% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% 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 7.7 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DBBCCD, 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 14.12:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green219
Blue202

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.5
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.0

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

Text on #BCDBCA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDBCA.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDBCA.
14.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BCDBCA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DAD6C9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D2CB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B7DBD6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDBCA?

With the hex code #BCDBCA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 86% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDBCA?

Use black text. Black on #BCDBCA has a contrast ratio of 14.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDBCA?

Its complementary colour is #DBBCCD, and analogous partners are #BEDBBC and #BCDBD9.