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#BDECD3

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BDECD3

With the hex code #BDECD3, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% 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 3.6 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ECBDD6, 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 — 16.10:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red189
Green236
Blue211

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 3.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 16.6

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

Text on #BDECD3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECD3.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECD3.
16.10:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BDECD3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BDECD3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE5D2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2DFD4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B4ECE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDECD3?

With the hex code #BDECD3, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDECD3?

Use black text. Black on #BDECD3 has a contrast ratio of 16.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDECD3?

Its complementary colour is #ECBDD6, and analogous partners are #BFECBD and #BDECEA.