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#BEE0CC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BEE0CC

With the hex code #BEE0CC, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 88% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 5.7 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E0BED2, 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 14.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green224
Blue204

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #BEE0CC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEE0CC.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEE0CC.
14.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEE0CC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEE0CC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFDBCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D6CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8E0DA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEE0CC?

With the hex code #BEE0CC, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 88% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEE0CC?

Use black text. Black on #BEE0CC has a contrast ratio of 14.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEE0CC?

Its complementary colour is #E0BED2, and analogous partners are #C1E0BE and #BEE0DD.