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#B8D0CD

Light Gray · light cool teal

About #B8D0CD

With the hex code #B8D0CD, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 82% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 18% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Light Gray — a ΔE of 9.2 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D0B8BB, 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 — 12.94:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red184
Green208
Blue205

Closest named colours

Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.2
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.6
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #B8D0CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light gray #B8D0CD.
1.62:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light gray #B8D0CD.
12.94:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B8D0CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B8D0CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CDCDCD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8CACD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B2D1CF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B8D0CD?

With the hex code #B8D0CD, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 72% red, 82% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 18% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B8D0CD?

Use black text. Black on #B8D0CD has a contrast ratio of 12.94:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B8D0CD?

Its complementary colour is #D0B8BB, and analogous partners are #B8D0C1 and #B8C7D0.