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#BEE4BC

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BEE4BC

With the hex code #BEE4BC, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 89% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 11.0 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E2BCE4, 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 15.01:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green228
Blue188

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.7
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 15.6

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

Text on #BEE4BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEE4BC.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEE4BC.
15.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEE4BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEE4BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E6DCBA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0D8BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBE1D9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEE4BC?

With the hex code #BEE4BC, this is a very light green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 89% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEE4BC?

Use black text. Black on #BEE4BC has a contrast ratio of 15.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEE4BC?

Its complementary colour is #E2BCE4, and analogous partners are #D2E4BC and #BCE4CE.