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#BCDDD1

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCDDD1

With the hex code #BCDDD1, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 87% green and 82% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 8.0 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DDBCC8, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green221
Blue209

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #BCDDD1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDDD1.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDDD1.
14.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCDDD1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCDDD1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBD8D0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D4D2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5DED9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDDD1?

With the hex code #BCDDD1, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 87% green and 82% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDDD1?

Use black text. Black on #BCDDD1 has a contrast ratio of 14.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDDD1?

Its complementary colour is #DDBCC8, and analogous partners are #BCDDC0 and #BCD9DD.