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#BEEBCA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BEEBCA

With the hex code #BEEBCA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 92% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.0 — followed by Seafoam. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EBBEDF, 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 15.93:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green235
Blue202

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.0
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 14.8
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #BEEBCA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEEBCA.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEEBCA.
15.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BEEBCA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#EBE3C8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DECC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B8EAE1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEEBCA?

With the hex code #BEEBCA, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 92% green and 79% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEEBCA?

Use black text. Black on #BEEBCA has a contrast ratio of 15.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEEBCA?

Its complementary colour is #EBBEDF, and analogous partners are #C9EBBE and #BEEBE0.