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#BDDEBF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BDDEBF

#BDDEBF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 8.5); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DEBDDC — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BDDEBF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.36:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red189
Green222
Blue191

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.4
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #BDDEBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDDEBF.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDDEBF.
14.36:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BDDEBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFD8BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D4C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BADCD5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDDEBF?

#BDDEBF is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BDDEBF?

Use black text. Black on #BDDEBF has a contrast ratio of 14.36:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDDEBF?

Its complementary colour is #DEBDDC, and analogous partners are #CCDEBD and #BDDED0.