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#BCE2BE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCE2BE

#BCE2BE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 89% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.5), with Light Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E2BCE0 (thistle), 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 14.76:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green226
Blue190

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.3
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.1

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

Text on #BCE2BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCE2BE.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCE2BE.
14.76:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCE2BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCE2BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DBBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDD7C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8E0D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCE2BE?

#BCE2BE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 89% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCE2BE?

Use black text. Black on #BCE2BE has a contrast ratio of 14.76:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCE2BE?

Its complementary colour is #E2BCE0, and analogous partners are #CDE2BC and #BCE2D1.