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#B7EAEC

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #B7EAEC

#B7EAEC is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 72% red, 92% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 4.0); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECB9B7 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #B7EAEC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.99:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red183
Green234
Blue236

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 4.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.0
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #B7EAEC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B7EAEC.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B7EAEC.
15.99:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B7EAEC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B7EAEC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E3E5EC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9DDEC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A6EEEA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B7EAEC?

#B7EAEC is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 72% red, 92% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B7EAEC?

Use black text. Black on #B7EAEC has a contrast ratio of 15.99:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B7EAEC?

Its complementary colour is #ECB9B7, and analogous partners are #B7ECD4 and #B7CFEC.