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#B6D2DB

Light Blue · very light cool teal

About #B6D2DB

#B6D2DB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 71% red, 82% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 5.4); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBBFB6 — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #B6D2DB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.23:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red182
Green210
Blue219

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 5.4
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #B6D2DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #B6D2DB.
1.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #B6D2DB.
13.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B6D2DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B6D2DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CCD0DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6CBDB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ACD5D5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B6D2DB?

#B6D2DB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 71% red, 82% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B6D2DB?

Use black text. Black on #B6D2DB has a contrast ratio of 13.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B6D2DB?

Its complementary colour is #DBBFB6, and analogous partners are #B6DBD2 and #B6C0DB.