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#B7D5CC

Powder Blue · very light cool green

About #B7D5CC

With the hex code #B7D5CC, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 84% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 9.9 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D5B7C0, a thistle 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 13.40:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red183
Green213
Blue204

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.9
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 10.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #B7D5CC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B7D5CC.
1.57:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B7D5CC.
13.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B7D5CC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B7D5CC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3D1CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CDCDCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B0D6D2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B7D5CC?

With the hex code #B7D5CC, this is a very light green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 84% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B7D5CC?

Use black text. Black on #B7D5CC has a contrast ratio of 13.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B7D5CC?

Its complementary colour is #D5B7C0, and analogous partners are #B7D5BD and #B7CFD5.