#B3DEDE
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #B3DEDE
#B3DEDE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 70% red, 87% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 3.4); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DEB3B3 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #B3DEDE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.42:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #B3DEDE
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #B3DEDE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #B3DEDE?
#B3DEDE is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 70% red, 87% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #B3DEDE?
Use black text. Black on #B3DEDE has a contrast ratio of 14.42:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #B3DEDE?
Its complementary colour is #DEB3B3, and analogous partners are #B3DEC9 and #B3C9DE.