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#BEE0BA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BEE0BA

With the hex code #BEE0BA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 88% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 10.8 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DCBAE0, a thistle 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 14.56:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green224
Blue186

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.8
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 12.7
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 17.1

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

Text on #BEE0BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEE0BA.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEE0BA.
14.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEE0BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEE0BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2D9B8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCD5BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BCDDD5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEE0BA?

With the hex code #BEE0BA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 88% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEE0BA?

Use black text. Black on #BEE0BA has a contrast ratio of 14.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEE0BA?

Its complementary colour is #DCBAE0, and analogous partners are #D1E0BA and #BAE0C9.