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#B1FBFF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #B1FBFF

#B1FBFF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 98% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 31% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 11.1); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFB5B1 — a melon tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #B1FBFF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red177
Green251
Blue255

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 11.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 15.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 15.8

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

Text on #B1FBFF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B1FBFF.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B1FBFF.
18.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B1FBFF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B1FBFF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F1F4FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2EAFF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#95FFFC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B1FBFF?

#B1FBFF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 69% red, 98% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 31% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B1FBFF?

Use black text. Black on #B1FBFF has a contrast ratio of 18.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B1FBFF?

Its complementary colour is #FFB5B1, and analogous partners are #B1FFDC and #B1D4FF.