#BDDDAE
Matcha · very light cool green
About #BDDDAE
#BDDDAE is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 68% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Matcha and Light Sage (ΔE 15.0); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEAEDD — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BDDDAE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.12:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BDDDAE
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #BDDDAE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BDDDAE?
#BDDDAE is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 68% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 21% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BDDDAE?
Use black text. Black on #BDDDAE has a contrast ratio of 14.12:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BDDDAE?
Its complementary colour is #CEAEDD, and analogous partners are #D5DDAE and #AEDDB6.