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#BAE4E1

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BAE4E1

With the hex code #BAE4E1, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 89% green and 88% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 5.2 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E4BABD, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.27:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red186
Green228
Blue225

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 5.2
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #BAE4E1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BAE4E1.
1.38:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BAE4E1.
15.27:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BAE4E1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BAE4E1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFDFE1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D9E2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AEE6E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BAE4E1?

With the hex code #BAE4E1, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 89% green and 88% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BAE4E1?

Use black text. Black on #BAE4E1 has a contrast ratio of 15.27:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BAE4E1?

Its complementary colour is #E4BABD, and analogous partners are #BAE4CC and #BAD2E4.