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Mint Bloom Faint
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Mint Bloom Faint

Green · Hue 130
Hex
#BCC8BE
RGB
rgb(188, 200, 190)
HSL
hsl(130, 10%, 76%)
CMYK
cmyk(6%, 0%, 5%, 22%)
Metrics
S 10% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.7:1Fail
on black
12.1:1AA
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About this color

Mint Bloom Faint (#BCC8BE) belongs to the green family — hue 130°, 10% saturation, 76% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-mint-bloom-faint: #BCC8BE;
  --colorarchive-mint-bloom-faint-hsl: hsl(130, 10%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-mint-bloom-faint-rgb: rgb(188, 200, 190);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

CalmingHealingOpen
Common in

Wellness · Meditation Apps · Healthcare

Pairs well with

Soft lavender for serenity, warm cream for organic warmth

Design tip

Perfect for health and wellness interfaces. Light greens reduce visual stress — use for backgrounds in reading-heavy layouts.

Cultural context ▶

Mint and sage greens symbolize healing, tranquility, and renewal. Common in spa and wellness branding.

Color Origins

Green family

The color of growth, currency, and the longest-running brands.

Heritage

Verdigris (copper acetate) gave medieval manuscripts their greens; it was unstable, eating through parchment over centuries. Terre verte (green earth) was used for under-painting flesh in the Italian tradition. Scheele's green and Paris green, both 19th-century arsenic compounds, killed an unknown number of wallpaper-makers and Victorian children before viridian and phthalo greens replaced them. Modern green pigments are remarkably stable; the iconic Brunswick green that became British Racing Green dates to the same chemistry.

Across cultures

Green is the dominant color of Islam — the Prophet's banner, the flags of many Muslim-majority nations, the domes of mosques. In Ireland green is national identity, partly through the shamrock and partly through the political binary with orange. In Japan, green and blue (ao/midori) were a single concept until recently; traffic 'green lights' there are still a deeper teal-ish shade. Across many cultures green simultaneously means growth, fertility, envy, and the supernatural.

In the wild

Starbucks' green has barely changed since 1971. John Deere has used essentially the same green since 1837 — the longest continuous brand color in commerce. The U.S. dollar is green because of the chemistry of camphor and copper sulfate, not branding. Whatsapp, Spotify, and Heineken all anchor on green; each chose it for a different reason (community, sound, Dutch heritage). Hospital scrubs were originally white but switched to green/teal because surgeons were getting after-image fatigue.

How it reads

Green is the hue the eye is most efficient at parsing — half of all our cone cells are tuned near 555nm. That makes green the easiest color to look at for long periods, which is why it dominates productivity software, 'go' indicators, and reading-friendly UI. At low saturation it reads as natural, calm, premium (sage, olive). At high saturation it reads as urgent or playful (Mountain Dew, Slack notifications). It carries one of the strongest semantic loads in product design: 'success', 'go', 'natural', 'safe'.

This particular tone

A pale, gentle tone — pastel territory, where the hue acts more like a tinted neutral than a stated color.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: The low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #BCC8BE.

  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #BCC8BE.

  • ScandinaviaOat Beige
    #D5C7A7 · Linseed oil-treated pine
    →
  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →
  • China (Traditional)Celadon (青瓷)
    #9CB48F · Song Dynasty Longquan kilns
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Mint Pearl Faint
#D2DAD3 · hsl(130, 10%, 84%)
Darker companion
Mint Silk Faint
#A5B6A8 · hsl(130, 10%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Peony Bloom Faint
#C8BCC6 · hsl(310, 10%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Jade Bloom Faint
#BCC8C2 · hsl(150, 10%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Leaf Bloom Faint
#BEC8BC · hsl(110, 10%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Violet Bloom Faint
#BEBCC8 · hsl(250, 10%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Ruby Bloom Faint
#C8BEBC · hsl(10, 10%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Mulberry Bloom Faint
#C4BCC8 · hsl(280, 10%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Garnet Bloom Faint
#C8BCC0 · hsl(340, 10%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Mint Bloom Faint #BCC8BE
Lighter companion: Mint Pearl Faint #D2DAD3
Darker companion: Mint Silk Faint #A5B6A8
Complementary counterpoint: Peony Bloom Faint #C8BCC6
Analogous lead: Jade Bloom Faint #BCC8C2
Analogous echo: Leaf Bloom Faint #BEC8BC
Triadic +120°: Violet Bloom Faint #BEBCC8
Triadic +240°: Ruby Bloom Faint #C8BEBC
Split-comp +150°: Mulberry Bloom Faint #C4BCC8
Split-comp +210°: Garnet Bloom Faint #C8BCC0

Compare

See how Mint Bloom Faint compares side by side with related colors.

vsMint Pearl FaintvsMint Silk FaintvsPeony Bloom FaintvsJade Bloom FaintvsLeaf Bloom FaintvsViolet Bloom Faint

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Mint Bloom Muted
#B7CDBA · hsl(130, 18%, 76%)
Nearby match
Mint Silk Faint
#A5B6A8 · hsl(130, 10%, 68%)
Nearby match
Mint Pearl Faint
#D2DAD3 · hsl(130, 10%, 84%)
Nearby match
Mint Bloom Dust
#B2D2B7 · hsl(130, 26%, 76%)
Nearby match
Mint Silk Muted
#9FBCA4 · hsl(130, 18%, 68%)
Nearby match
Mint Pearl Muted
#CFDED1 · hsl(130, 18%, 84%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7.5:1
Peony Nocturne Faint
#382E36
AAA7.7:1
Peony Nocturne Muted
#3C2A39
AAA7.8:1
Peony Nocturne Dust
#40263C
AAA7.9:1
Peony Nocturne Soft
#44223F
AAA7.9:1
Peony Nocturne Clear
#4F1745
AAA7.7:1
Peony Nocturne Vivid
#590D4C

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#C1C0C1
Protanopia
#C1C1C0
Tritanopia
#BDC2C3
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