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#BCEDDE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCEDDE

#BCEDDE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.2); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDBCCB — a bubblegum tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCEDDE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.31:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green237
Blue222

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.8
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 16.9

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

Text on #BCEDDE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCEDDE.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCEDDE.
16.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BCEDDE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E7DD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E0DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B0EEE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCEDDE?

#BCEDDE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCEDDE?

Use black text. Black on #BCEDDE has a contrast ratio of 16.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCEDDE?

Its complementary colour is #EDBCCB, and analogous partners are #BCEDC6 and #BCE4ED.