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#BADCE2

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BADCE2

#BADCE2 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 86% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 4.5); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2C0BA — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BADCE2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.42:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red186
Green220
Blue226

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 4.5
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 5.2
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.7

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

Text on #BADCE2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BADCE2.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BADCE2.
14.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BADCE2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BADCE2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D9E2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFD4E2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AEDFDE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BADCE2?

#BADCE2 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 86% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BADCE2?

Use black text. Black on #BADCE2 has a contrast ratio of 14.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BADCE2?

Its complementary colour is #E2C0BA, and analogous partners are #BAE2D4 and #BAC8E2.