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#BFDBCD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BFDBCD

With the hex code #BFDBCD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 86% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 8.6 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DBBFCD, a thistle 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 — 14.23:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red191
Green219
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #BFDBCD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFDBCD.
1.48:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFDBCD.
14.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BFDBCD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DAD7CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D3CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BADBD7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFDBCD?

With the hex code #BFDBCD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 86% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BFDBCD?

Use black text. Black on #BFDBCD has a contrast ratio of 14.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFDBCD?

Its complementary colour is #DBBFCD, and analogous partners are #BFDBBF and #BFDBDB.