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#B6CECB

Silver · light cool teal

About #B6CECB

With the hex code #B6CECB, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 71% red, 81% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Silver — a ΔE of 9.3 — followed by Light Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #CEB6B9, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.68:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red182
Green206
Blue203

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #B6CECB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #B6CECB.
1.66:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #B6CECB.
12.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B6CECB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B6CECB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CBCBCB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C8CB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B0CFCD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B6CECB?

With the hex code #B6CECB, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 71% red, 81% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B6CECB?

Use black text. Black on #B6CECB has a contrast ratio of 12.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B6CECB?

Its complementary colour is #CEB6B9, and analogous partners are #B6CEBF and #B6C5CE.