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#BFEAD2

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BFEAD2

#BFEAD2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 92% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 2.9); Light Sage comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EABFD7 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BFEAD2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.92:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red191
Green234
Blue210

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 2.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 14.7
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 16.0

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

Text on #BFEAD2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFEAD2.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFEAD2.
15.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFEAD2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFEAD2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E3D1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1DED3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B7EAE3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFEAD2?

#BFEAD2 is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 92% green and 82% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BFEAD2?

Use black text. Black on #BFEAD2 has a contrast ratio of 15.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFEAD2?

Its complementary colour is #EABFD7, and analogous partners are #C2EABF and #BFEAE7.