#BCD5D5
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #BCD5D5
#BCD5D5 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 84% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.2); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D5BCBC — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCD5D5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.62:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BCD5D5
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #BCD5D5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BCD5D5?
#BCD5D5 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 84% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BCD5D5?
Use black text. Black on #BCD5D5 has a contrast ratio of 13.62:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BCD5D5?
Its complementary colour is #D5BCBC, and analogous partners are #BCD5C9 and #BCC9D5.