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#BADCE0

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BADCE0

With the hex code #BADCE0, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 86% green and 88% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 4.5 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E0BEBA, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.40:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red186
Green220
Blue224

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 4.5
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 6.1
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #BADCE0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BADCE0.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BADCE0.
14.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BADCE0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BADCE0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D9E0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFD3E0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AFDFDD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BADCE0?

With the hex code #BADCE0, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 86% green and 88% blue, while a printer would mix 17% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BADCE0?

Use black text. Black on #BADCE0 has a contrast ratio of 14.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BADCE0?

Its complementary colour is #E0BEBA, and analogous partners are #BAE0D1 and #BAC9E0.