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#BFDDC7

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BFDDC7

#BFDDC7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 7.0); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDBFD5 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BFDDC7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.38:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red191
Green221
Blue199

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.0
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 14.6

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

Text on #BFDDC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFDDC7.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFDDC7.
14.38:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFDDC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFDDC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDD8C6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D4C8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BBDCD6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFDDC7?

#BFDDC7 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 87% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BFDDC7?

Use black text. Black on #BFDDC7 has a contrast ratio of 14.38:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFDDC7?

Its complementary colour is #DDBFD5, and analogous partners are #C6DDBF and #BFDDD6.