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#BDECCE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BDECCE

#BDECCE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 93% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.7), with Seafoam the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #ECBDDB (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.05:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red189
Green236
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.7
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 15.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.3

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

Text on #BDECCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECCE.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECCE.
16.05:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BDECCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE4CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DFD0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5EBE3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDECCE?

#BDECCE is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 93% green and 81% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BDECCE?

Use black text. Black on #BDECCE has a contrast ratio of 16.05:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDECCE?

Its complementary colour is #ECBDDB, and analogous partners are #C4ECBD and #BDECE6.