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#BFE4CD

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BFE4CD

With the hex code #BFE4CD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 89% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Pale Mint — a ΔE of 4.3 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E4BFD6, 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 — 15.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red191
Green228
Blue205

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 4.3
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 12.1
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 15.5

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

Text on #BFE4CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFE4CD.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFE4CD.
15.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFE4CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFE4CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3DECC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDD9CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B9E3DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFE4CD?

With the hex code #BFE4CD, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 89% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BFE4CD?

Use black text. Black on #BFE4CD has a contrast ratio of 15.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFE4CD?

Its complementary colour is #E4BFD6, and analogous partners are #C3E4BF and #BFE4E0.