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#BDECD6

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BDECD6

With the hex code #BDECD6, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 2.8 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ECBDD3, 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 16.13:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red189
Green236
Blue214

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 2.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #BDECD6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECD6.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECD6.
16.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BDECD6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BDECD6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EAE5D5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1DFD7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B4ECE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDECD6?

With the hex code #BDECD6, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDECD6?

Use black text. Black on #BDECD6 has a contrast ratio of 16.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDECD6?

Its complementary colour is #ECBDD3, and analogous partners are #BDECBF and #BDEAEC.