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#BCDDC7

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCDDC7

#BCDDC7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.7); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDBCD2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCDDC7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green221
Blue199

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.2

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

Text on #BCDDC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDDC7.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDDC7.
14.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCDDC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCDDC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDD7C6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D3C8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B7DCD6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDDC7?

#BCDDC7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDDC7?

Use black text. Black on #BCDDC7 has a contrast ratio of 14.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDDC7?

Its complementary colour is #DDBCD2, and analogous partners are #C2DDBC and #BCDDD8.