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#BFE0CB

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BFE0CB

With the hex code #BFE0CB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 88% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 5.7 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E0BFD4, 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 — 14.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red191
Green224
Blue203

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 14.7

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

Text on #BFE0CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFE0CB.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFE0CB.
14.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFE0CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFE0CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFDBCA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D6CC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BADFDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFE0CB?

With the hex code #BFE0CB, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 88% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BFE0CB?

Use black text. Black on #BFE0CB has a contrast ratio of 14.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFE0CB?

Its complementary colour is #E0BFD4, and analogous partners are #C4E0BF and #BFE0DB.