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#BCDDC8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCDDC8

With the hex code #BCDDC8, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 87% green and 78% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 6.7 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DDBCD1, 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 14.31:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green221
Blue200

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 14.7

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

Text on #BCDDC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDDC8.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDDC8.
14.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCDDC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCDDC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD8C7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D3C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B7DCD7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDDC8?

With the hex code #BCDDC8, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 87% green and 78% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDDC8?

Use black text. Black on #BCDDC8 has a contrast ratio of 14.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDDC8?

Its complementary colour is #DDBCD1, and analogous partners are #C1DDBC and #BCDDD8.