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#BDECD0

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BDECD0

With the hex code #BDECD0, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 82% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% 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 4.8 — followed by Seafoam. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ECBDD9, 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 16.07:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red189
Green236
Blue208

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.8
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 15.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.1

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

Text on #BDECD0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECD0.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECD0.
16.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BDECD0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BDECD0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE5CF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DFD2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5EBE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDECD0?

With the hex code #BDECD0, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 82% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDECD0?

Use black text. Black on #BDECD0 has a contrast ratio of 16.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDECD0?

Its complementary colour is #ECBDD9, and analogous partners are #C2ECBD and #BDECE8.