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#BFE0CD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BFE0CD

#BFE0CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 88% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 5.8); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E0BFD2 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BFE0CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.76:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red191
Green224
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 5.8
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.7

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

Text on #BFE0CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFE0CD.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFE0CD.
14.76:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFE0CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFE0CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFDBCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9D7CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B9E0DA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFE0CD?

#BFE0CD is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 88% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BFE0CD?

Use black text. Black on #BFE0CD has a contrast ratio of 14.76:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFE0CD?

Its complementary colour is #E0BFD2, and analogous partners are #C1E0BF and #BFE0DE.