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#BEDFC9

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BEDFC9

#BEDFC9 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 87% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.1); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFBED4 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BEDFC9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.59:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red190
Green223
Blue201

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.2

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

Text on #BEDFC9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEDFC9.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEDFC9.
14.59:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEDFC9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEDFC9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFD9C8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D5CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B9DED8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEDFC9?

#BEDFC9 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 87% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BEDFC9?

Use black text. Black on #BEDFC9 has a contrast ratio of 14.59:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEDFC9?

Its complementary colour is #DFBED4, and analogous partners are #C4DFBE and #BEDFDA.