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#BCEDD3

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCEDD3

With the hex code #BCEDD3, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 4.2 — followed by Seafoam. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDBCD6, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green237
Blue211

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.2
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 15.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.6

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

Text on #BCEDD3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCEDD3.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCEDD3.
16.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCEDD3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCEDD3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE6D2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DFD4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B3EDE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCEDD3?

With the hex code #BCEDD3, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCEDD3?

Use black text. Black on #BCEDD3 has a contrast ratio of 16.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCEDD3?

Its complementary colour is #EDBCD6, and analogous partners are #BEEDBC and #BCEDEC.