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#BEE8BA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BEE8BA

#BEE8BA is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 91% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Pale Mint (ΔE 13.6); Seafoam comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E4BAE8 — a lilac tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BEE8BA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.44:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green232
Blue186

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 13.6
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 14.2
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 17.9

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

Text on #BEE8BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEE8BA.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEE8BA.
15.44:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEE8BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEE8BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE0B7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DBBC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBE5DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEE8BA?

#BEE8BA is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 91% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BEE8BA?

Use black text. Black on #BEE8BA has a contrast ratio of 15.44:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEE8BA?

Its complementary colour is #E4BAE8, and analogous partners are #D5E8BA and #BAE8CD.