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#BEDCC8

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BEDCC8

#BEDCC8 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 86% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.3), with Light Sage the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DCBED2 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.26:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green220
Blue200

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #BEDCC8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEDCC8.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEDCC8.
14.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEDCC8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEDCC8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD7C7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D3C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BADBD6

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEDCC8?

#BEDCC8 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 86% green and 78% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BEDCC8?

Use black text. Black on #BEDCC8 has a contrast ratio of 14.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEDCC8?

Its complementary colour is #DCBED2, and analogous partners are #C3DCBE and #BEDCD7.