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#BFDDCB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BFDDCB

With the hex code #BFDDCB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 7.1 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DDBFD1, 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 — 14.42:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red191
Green221
Blue203

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 7.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 9.6
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #BFDDCB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFDDCB.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFDDCB.
14.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BFDDCB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCD8CA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D4CC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BADDD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFDDCB?

With the hex code #BFDDCB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 87% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BFDDCB?

Use black text. Black on #BFDDCB has a contrast ratio of 14.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFDDCB?

Its complementary colour is #DDBFD1, and analogous partners are #C2DDBF and #BFDDDA.