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#B8DDDF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #B8DDDF

#B8DDDF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 72% red, 87% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 17% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 3.9), with Light Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DFBAB8 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.45:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red184
Green221
Blue223

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 3.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 6.8
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #B8DDDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B8DDDF.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #B8DDDF.
14.45:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B8DDDF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B8DDDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7D9DF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D4DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ACE0DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B8DDDF?

#B8DDDF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 72% red, 87% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 17% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #B8DDDF?

Use black text. Black on #B8DDDF has a contrast ratio of 14.45:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B8DDDF?

Its complementary colour is #DFBAB8, and analogous partners are #B8DFCE and #B8CADF.