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#B3F0FF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #B3F0FF

#B3F0FF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 70% red, 94% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.6); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFC2B3 — a melon tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #B3F0FF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.82:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red179
Green240
Blue255

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.1
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 13.1

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

Text on #B3F0FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B3F0FF.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B3F0FF.
16.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B3F0FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B3F0FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E5ECFF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8E2FF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#99F6F4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B3F0FF?

#B3F0FF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 70% red, 94% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B3F0FF?

Use black text. Black on #B3F0FF has a contrast ratio of 16.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B3F0FF?

Its complementary colour is #FFC2B3, and analogous partners are #B3FFE8 and #B3CAFF.