#BCD5E1
Light Blue · very light cool teal
About #BCD5E1
#BCD5E1 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 84% green and 88% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 5.7); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E1C8BC — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCD5E1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BCD5E1
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #BCD5E1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BCD5E1?
#BCD5E1 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 84% green and 88% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BCD5E1?
Use black text. Black on #BCD5E1 has a contrast ratio of 13.74:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BCD5E1?
Its complementary colour is #E1C8BC, and analogous partners are #BCE1DB and #BCC3E1.