#BBDAD7
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #BBDAD7
#BBDAD7 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 85% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.0); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DABBBE — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BBDAD7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.12:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BBDAD7
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BBDAD7?
#BBDAD7 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 85% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BBDAD7?
Use black text. Black on #BBDAD7 has a contrast ratio of 14.12:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BBDAD7?
Its complementary colour is #DABBBE, and analogous partners are #BBDAC8 and #BBCDDA.