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#BEECE5

Pale Mint · very light cool teal

About #BEECE5

#BEECE5 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 93% green and 90% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.5), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #ECBEC5 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.32:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red190
Green236
Blue229

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.5
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 12.9

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

Text on #BEECE5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEECE5.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BEECE5.
16.32:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEECE5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEECE5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E7E5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEE0E6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B1EEEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEECE5?

#BEECE5 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 93% green and 90% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BEECE5?

Use black text. Black on #BEECE5 has a contrast ratio of 16.32:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEECE5?

Its complementary colour is #ECBEC5, and analogous partners are #BEECCE and #BEDCEC.