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#B8D2CD

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #B8D2CD

#B8D2CD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 72% red, 82% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 9.6); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D2B8BD — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #B8D2CD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.14:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red184
Green210
Blue205

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #B8D2CD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B8D2CD.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B8D2CD.
13.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B8D2CD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B8D2CD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFCFCD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CACBCD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B2D3D0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B8D2CD?

#B8D2CD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 72% red, 82% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B8D2CD?

Use black text. Black on #B8D2CD has a contrast ratio of 13.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B8D2CD?

Its complementary colour is #D2B8BD, and analogous partners are #B8D2C0 and #B8CAD2.