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#BDECCC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BDECCC

#BDECCC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.6); Seafoam comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECBDDD — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BDECCC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.03:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red189
Green236
Blue204

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.6
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 14.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.5

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

Text on #BDECCC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECCC.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECCC.
16.03:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BDECCC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE4CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DFCE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6EBE3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDECCC?

#BDECCC is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BDECCC?

Use black text. Black on #BDECCC has a contrast ratio of 16.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDECCC?

Its complementary colour is #ECBDDD, and analogous partners are #C6ECBD and #BDECE4.