#BDE3D2
Pale Mint · very light cool green
About #BDE3D2
#BDE3D2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 89% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.8); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E3BDCE — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BDE3D2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.08:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BDE3D2
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #BDE3D2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BDE3D2?
#BDE3D2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 89% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BDE3D2?
Use black text. Black on #BDE3D2 has a contrast ratio of 15.08:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BDE3D2?
Its complementary colour is #E3BDCE, and analogous partners are #BDE3BF and #BDE1E3.