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#BCEDDF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BCEDDF

With the hex code #BCEDDF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% 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 4.5 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDBCCA, a bubblegum 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 — 16.32:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green237
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.5
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.3
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #BCEDDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCEDDF.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BCEDDF.
16.32:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BCEDDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E7DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E0E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B0EEE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCEDDF?

With the hex code #BCEDDF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCEDDF?

Use black text. Black on #BCEDDF has a contrast ratio of 16.32:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCEDDF?

Its complementary colour is #EDBCCA, and analogous partners are #BCEDC7 and #BCE3ED.