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#BEDACE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BEDACE

#BEDACE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 85% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 9.3); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DABECA — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BEDACE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.11:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green218
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #BEDACE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEDACE.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEDACE.
14.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BEDACE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D6CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D2CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B9DAD6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEDACE?

#BEDACE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 85% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BEDACE?

Use black text. Black on #BEDACE has a contrast ratio of 14.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEDACE?

Its complementary colour is #DABECA, and analogous partners are #BEDAC0 and #BED8DA.