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#B4FEFF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #B4FEFF

#B4FEFF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 71% red, 100% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 12.2); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFB5B4 — a melon tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #B4FEFF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.56:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red180
Green254
Blue255

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 12.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 14.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 16.5

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

Text on #B4FEFF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B4FEFF.
1.13:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B4FEFF.
18.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B4FEFF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B4FEFF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#F4F7FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6ECFF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#99FFFE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B4FEFF?

#B4FEFF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 71% red, 100% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 29% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B4FEFF?

Use black text. Black on #B4FEFF has a contrast ratio of 18.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B4FEFF?

Its complementary colour is #FFB5B4, and analogous partners are #B4FFDB and #B4D9FF.