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#B4E6E8

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #B4E6E8

With the hex code #B4E6E8, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 71% red, 90% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 3.0 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E8B6B4, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.42:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red180
Green230
Blue232

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 3.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 12.6

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

Text on #B4E6E8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B4E6E8.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B4E6E8.
15.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B4E6E8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B4E6E8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFE1E8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5DAE8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A3EAE6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B4E6E8?

With the hex code #B4E6E8, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 71% red, 90% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B4E6E8?

Use black text. Black on #B4E6E8 has a contrast ratio of 15.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B4E6E8?

Its complementary colour is #E8B6B4, and analogous partners are #B4E8D0 and #B4CCE8.