#BDECDE
Pale Mint · very light cool green
About #BDECDE
#BDECDE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 4.3); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECBDCB — a bubblegum tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BDECDE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.22:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BDECDE
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #BDECDE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BDECDE?
#BDECDE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BDECDE?
Use black text. Black on #BDECDE has a contrast ratio of 16.22:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BDECDE?
Its complementary colour is #ECBDCB, and analogous partners are #BDECC7 and #BDE3EC.