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#B0CFDB

Light Blue · light cool teal

About #B0CFDB

#B0CFDB is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 81% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 4.6); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBBCB0 — a dusty rose tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #B0CFDB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.79:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red176
Green207
Blue219

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 4.6
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.1
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #B0CFDB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #B0CFDB.
1.64:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #B0CFDB.
12.79:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B0CFDB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B0CFDB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C8CDDC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C1C8DB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A4D3D3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B0CFDB?

#B0CFDB is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 81% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B0CFDB?

Use black text. Black on #B0CFDB has a contrast ratio of 12.79:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B0CFDB?

Its complementary colour is #DBBCB0, and analogous partners are #B0DBD1 and #B0BADB.