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#BCDDC1

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCDDC1

#BCDDC1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.8); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDBCD8 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCDDC1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.25:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red188
Green221
Blue193

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.8
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.8
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 16.3

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

Text on #BCDDC1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDDC1.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDDC1.
14.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCDDC1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCDDC1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED7C0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D3C2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8DCD5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDDC1?

#BCDDC1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDDC1?

Use black text. Black on #BCDDC1 has a contrast ratio of 14.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDDC1?

Its complementary colour is #DDBCD8, and analogous partners are #C8DDBC and #BCDDD1.