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#BCD3DD

Light Blue · very light cool teal

About #BCD3DD

#BCD3DD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 83% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 6.6); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDC6BC — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCD3DD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green211
Blue221

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 6.6
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.5

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

Text on #BCD3DD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #BCD3DD.
1.56:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #BCD3DD.
13.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCD3DD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCD3DD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CED2DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8CDDD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B3D6D6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCD3DD?

#BCD3DD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 83% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCD3DD?

Use black text. Black on #BCD3DD has a contrast ratio of 13.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCD3DD?

Its complementary colour is #DDC6BC, and analogous partners are #BCDDD7 and #BCC2DD.