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#BEECE1

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #BEECE1

With the hex code #BEECE1, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 93% green and 88% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 5.5 — followed by Powder Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ECBEC9, 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 — 16.27:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red190
Green236
Blue225

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.5
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 14.7

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

Text on #BEECE1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEECE1.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEECE1.
16.27:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEECE1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEECE1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8E6E1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFE0E2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B2EEE9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEECE1?

With the hex code #BEECE1, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 93% green and 88% blue, while a printer would mix 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEECE1?

Use black text. Black on #BEECE1 has a contrast ratio of 16.27:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEECE1?

Its complementary colour is #ECBEC9, and analogous partners are #BEECCA and #BEE0EC.