#BBDFFF
Light Blue · very light cool blue
About #BBDFFF
#BBDFFF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 87% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Blue (ΔE 10.6); Baby Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FFDBBB — a apricot tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BBDFFF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.11:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BBDFFF
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BBDFFF?
#BBDFFF is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 73% red, 87% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BBDFFF?
Use black text. Black on #BBDFFF has a contrast ratio of 15.11:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BBDFFF?
Its complementary colour is #FFDBBB, and analogous partners are #BBFFFD and #BBBDFF.