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#BDDED2

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BDDED2

With the hex code #BDDED2, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 87% green and 82% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.8 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DEBDC9, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.54:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red189
Green222
Blue210

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #BDDED2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDDED2.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDDED2.
14.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BDDED2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BDDED2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD9D1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D5D3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6DFDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDDED2?

With the hex code #BDDED2, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 87% green and 82% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDDED2?

Use black text. Black on #BDDED2 has a contrast ratio of 14.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDDED2?

Its complementary colour is #DEBDC9, and analogous partners are #BDDEC1 and #BDDADE.