#BDECDB
Pale Mint · very light cool green
About #BDECDB
#BDECDB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 3.2); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECBDCE — a bubblegum tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BDECDB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.18:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BDECDB
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #BDECDB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BDECDB?
#BDECDB is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BDECDB?
Use black text. Black on #BDECDB has a contrast ratio of 16.18:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BDECDB?
Its complementary colour is #ECBDCE, and analogous partners are #BDECC4 and #BDE6EC.