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#BCDFC6

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCDFC6

With the hex code #BCDFC6, 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 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% 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 6.4 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DFBCD5, 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 14.51:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green223
Blue198

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.5
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 16.2

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

Text on #BCDFC6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDFC6.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDFC6.
14.51:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCDFC6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCDFC6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFD9C5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D5C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B7DED8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDFC6?

With the hex code #BCDFC6, 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 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDFC6?

Use black text. Black on #BCDFC6 has a contrast ratio of 14.51:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDFC6?

Its complementary colour is #DFBCD5, and analogous partners are #C4DFBC and #BCDFD7.