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#BDECE2

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #BDECE2

With the hex code #BDECE2, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% 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 6.1 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ECBDC7, a baby pink 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 16.26:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red189
Green236
Blue226

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.3
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 14.3

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

Text on #BDECE2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECE2.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BDECE2.
16.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BDECE2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BDECE2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8E6E2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFE0E3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B1EEE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDECE2?

With the hex code #BDECE2, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDECE2?

Use black text. Black on #BDECE2 has a contrast ratio of 16.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDECE2?

Its complementary colour is #ECBDC7, and analogous partners are #BDECCB and #BDDFEC.