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#BCDFB8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCDFB8

#BCDFB8 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 87% green and 72% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 11.4), with Light Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DBB8DF (lilac), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.39:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green223
Blue184

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.0
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.7

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

Text on #BCDFB8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDFB8.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDFB8.
14.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCDFB8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCDFB8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1D8B6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBD4BA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BADCD4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDFB8?

#BCDFB8 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 87% green and 72% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDFB8?

Use black text. Black on #BCDFB8 has a contrast ratio of 14.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDFB8?

Its complementary colour is #DBB8DF, and analogous partners are #D0DFB8 and #B8DFC8.