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#BDECCD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BDECCD

With the hex code #BDECCD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 6.1 — followed by Seafoam. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ECBDDC, a thistle shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.04:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red189
Green236
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.1
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 14.8
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #BDECCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECCD.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECCD.
16.04:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BDECCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE4CB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DFCF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6EBE3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDECCD?

With the hex code #BDECCD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDECCD?

Use black text. Black on #BDECCD has a contrast ratio of 16.04:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDECCD?

Its complementary colour is #ECBDDC, and analogous partners are #C5ECBD and #BDECE4.