#BDDEC5
Pale Mint · very light cool green
About #BDDEC5
#BDDEC5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.8); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DEBDD6 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BDDEC5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.42:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BDDEC5
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #BDDEC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BDDEC5?
#BDDEC5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BDDEC5?
Use black text. Black on #BDDEC5 has a contrast ratio of 14.42:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BDDEC5?
Its complementary colour is #DEBDD6, and analogous partners are #C6DEBD and #BDDED6.