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#BCDFD1

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCDFD1

#BCDFD1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.8); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFBCCA — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCDFD1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.61:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green223
Blue209

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #BCDFD1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDFD1.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCDFD1.
14.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCDFD1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCDFD1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDDAD0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D5D2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5DFDB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDFD1?

#BCDFD1 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDFD1?

Use black text. Black on #BCDFD1 has a contrast ratio of 14.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDFD1?

Its complementary colour is #DFBCCA, and analogous partners are #BCDFC0 and #BCDCDF.