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#B3FFFC

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #B3FFFC

#B3FFFC is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 70% red, 100% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 13.4); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFB3B6 — a light pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #B3FFFC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 18.63:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red179
Green255
Blue252

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 13.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 18.0

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

Text on #B3FFFC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B3FFFC.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B3FFFC.
18.63:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B3FFFC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B3FFFC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F6F8FC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8EDFD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#98FFFE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B3FFFC?

#B3FFFC is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 70% red, 100% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B3FFFC?

Use black text. Black on #B3FFFC has a contrast ratio of 18.63:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B3FFFC?

Its complementary colour is #FFB3B6, and analogous partners are #B3FFD6 and #B3DCFF.