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#BEECE0

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BEECE0

#BEECE0 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 93% green and 88% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.1); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECBECA — a bubblegum tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BEECE0 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.26:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red190
Green236
Blue224

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.2
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 15.2

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

Text on #BEECE0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEECE0.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEECE0.
16.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEECE0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEECE0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8E6E0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFE0E1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B3EDE8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEECE0?

#BEECE0 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 93% green and 88% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BEECE0?

Use black text. Black on #BEECE0 has a contrast ratio of 16.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEECE0?

Its complementary colour is #ECBECA, and analogous partners are #BEECC9 and #BEE1EC.