#BADBD4
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #BADBD4
#BADBD4 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 86% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.1); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBBAC1 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BADBD4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.17:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BADBD4
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How #BADBD4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BADBD4?
#BADBD4 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 86% green and 83% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BADBD4?
Use black text. Black on #BADBD4 has a contrast ratio of 14.17:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BADBD4?
Its complementary colour is #DBBAC1, and analogous partners are #BADBC4 and #BAD2DB.