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#BEECCE

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BEECCE

#BEECCE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 93% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.5); Seafoam comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECBEDC — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BEECCE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.08:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green236
Blue206

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.5
Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 15.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #BEECCE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEECCE.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEECCE.
16.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BEECCE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ECE5CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3DFD0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B7EBE3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEECCE?

#BEECCE is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 93% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 13% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BEECCE?

Use black text. Black on #BEECCE has a contrast ratio of 16.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEECCE?

Its complementary colour is #ECBEDC, and analogous partners are #C5ECBE and #BEECE5.