#BDECD5
Pale Mint · very light cool green
About #BDECD5
#BDECD5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.0); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECBDD4 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BDECD5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.12:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BDECD5
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #BDECD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BDECD5?
#BDECD5 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BDECD5?
Use black text. Black on #BDECD5 has a contrast ratio of 16.12:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BDECD5?
Its complementary colour is #ECBDD4, and analogous partners are #BDECBE and #BDECEC.