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#B5CCC7

Silver · light cool teal

About #B5CCC7

#B5CCC7 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 71% red, 80% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Silver (ΔE 9.1); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCB5BA — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #B5CCC7 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.43:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red181
Green204
Blue199

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.7
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #B5CCC7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #B5CCC7.
1.69:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #B5CCC7.
12.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B5CCC7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B5CCC7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CAC9C7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5C6C7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B0CDCA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B5CCC7?

#B5CCC7 is a muted, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 71% red, 80% green and 78% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B5CCC7?

Use black text. Black on #B5CCC7 has a contrast ratio of 12.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B5CCC7?

Its complementary colour is #CCB5BA, and analogous partners are #B5CCBB and #B5C6CC.