#BCEDE1
Pale Mint · very light cool teal
About #BCEDE1
#BCEDE1 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 88% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.3); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDBCC8 — a bubblegum tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCEDE1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.34:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BCEDE1
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BCEDE1?
#BCEDE1 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 88% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BCEDE1?
Use black text. Black on #BCEDE1 has a contrast ratio of 16.34:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BCEDE1?
Its complementary colour is #EDBCC8, and analogous partners are #BCEDC9 and #BCE1ED.