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#BCEDD6

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCEDD6

With the hex code #BCEDD6, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% 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 3.4 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDBCD3, a bubblegum 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 16.22:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green237
Blue214

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.6

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

Text on #BCEDD6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCEDD6.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCEDD6.
16.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCEDD6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCEDD6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE6D5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E0D7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B2EDE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCEDD6?

With the hex code #BCEDD6, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCEDD6?

Use black text. Black on #BCEDD6 has a contrast ratio of 16.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCEDD6?

Its complementary colour is #EDBCD3, and analogous partners are #BCEDBE and #BCECED.