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#82BFDF

Baby Blue · light cool blue

About #82BFDF

#82BFDF is a light, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 51% red, 75% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 42% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Baby Blue (ΔE 5.8), with Sky Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DFA282 (camel), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.47:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red130
Green191
Blue223

Closest named colours

Baby Blue
#89CFF0 · ΔE 5.8
Sky Blue
#87CEEB · ΔE 6.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 14.2

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

Text on #82BFDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby blue #82BFDF.
2.01:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby blue #82BFDF.
10.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #82BFDF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#82BFDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#AFBDE1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A2B2DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5DC8C9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #82BFDF?

#82BFDF is a light, muted blue colour. Digitally that works out to 51% red, 75% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 42% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #82BFDF?

Use black text. Black on #82BFDF has a contrast ratio of 10.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #82BFDF?

Its complementary colour is #DFA282, and analogous partners are #82DFD0 and #8291DF.