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#BCE2BF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCE2BF

#BCE2BF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 89% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.0); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2BCDF — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCE2BF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green226
Blue191

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.1
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 16.2

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

Text on #BCE2BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCE2BF.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCE2BF.
14.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCE2BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCE2BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DBBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDD7C1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8E0D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCE2BF?

#BCE2BF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 89% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 15% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCE2BF?

Use black text. Black on #BCE2BF has a contrast ratio of 14.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCE2BF?

Its complementary colour is #E2BCDF, and analogous partners are #CCE2BC and #BCE2D2.