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#BDECDF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BDECDF

With the hex code #BDECDF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% 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 4.7 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ECBDCA, a bubblegum 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 — 16.23:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red189
Green236
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 15.7

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

Text on #BDECDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECDF.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECDF.
16.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BDECDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8E6DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFDFE0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B2EDE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDECDF?

With the hex code #BDECDF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDECDF?

Use black text. Black on #BDECDF has a contrast ratio of 16.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDECDF?

Its complementary colour is #ECBDCA, and analogous partners are #BDECC8 and #BDE2EC.