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#BCD2DB

Light Blue · very light cool teal

About #BCD2DB

#BCD2DB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 82% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 7.1); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBC5BC — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCD2DB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.38:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green210
Blue219

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 7.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #BCD2DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #BCD2DB.
1.57:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #BCD2DB.
13.38:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCD2DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCD2DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CDD1DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8CDDB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B4D5D5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCD2DB?

#BCD2DB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 82% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCD2DB?

Use black text. Black on #BCD2DB has a contrast ratio of 13.38:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCD2DB?

Its complementary colour is #DBC5BC, and analogous partners are #BCDBD5 and #BCC3DB.