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#BDDEC4

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BDDEC4

#BDDEC4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 87% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.0), with Light Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DEBDD7 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.41:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red189
Green222
Blue196

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.9
Beige
#F5F5DC · ΔE 15.9

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

Text on #BDDEC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDDEC4.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDDEC4.
14.41:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BDDEC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BDDEC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DED8C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D4C5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B9DDD6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDDEC4?

#BDDEC4 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 87% green and 77% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BDDEC4?

Use black text. Black on #BDDEC4 has a contrast ratio of 14.41:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDDEC4?

Its complementary colour is #DEBDD7, and analogous partners are #C7DEBD and #BDDED5.