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#BEEBDF

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BEEBDF

With the hex code #BEEBDF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 92% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% 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 5.1 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EBBECA, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.14:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red190
Green235
Blue223

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 15.1

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

Text on #BEEBDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEEBDF.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEEBDF.
16.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BEEBDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E5DF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFDFE0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B3ECE7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEEBDF?

With the hex code #BEEBDF, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 92% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 8% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEEBDF?

Use black text. Black on #BEEBDF has a contrast ratio of 16.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEEBDF?

Its complementary colour is #EBBECA, and analogous partners are #BEEBC9 and #BEE0EB.