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#BEDED0

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BEDED0

#BEDED0 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 87% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.3); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DEBECC — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BEDED0 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.55:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green222
Blue208

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 11.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #BEDED0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEDED0.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEDED0.
14.55:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEDED0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEDED0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD9CF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D5D1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8DEDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEDED0?

#BEDED0 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 87% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BEDED0?

Use black text. Black on #BEDED0 has a contrast ratio of 14.55:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEDED0?

Its complementary colour is #DEBECC, and analogous partners are #BEDEC0 and #BEDCDE.