#BEECCA
Pale Mint · very light cool green
About #BEECCA
#BEECCA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 93% green and 79% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.4), with Seafoam the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #ECBEE0 (thistle), its complementary partner.
Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.04:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BEECCA
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How #BEECCA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BEECCA?
#BEECCA is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 93% green and 79% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BEECCA?
Use black text. Black on #BEECCA has a contrast ratio of 16.04:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BEECCA?
Its complementary colour is #ECBEE0, and analogous partners are #C9ECBE and #BEECE1.