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#BCDADB

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BCDADB

#BCDADB is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 85% green and 86% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.2), with Light Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DBBDBC (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red188
Green218
Blue219

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.2
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 7.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #BCDADB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCDADB.
1.48:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCDADB.
14.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BCDADB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D7DB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFD2DB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B3DCDA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDADB?

#BCDADB is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 85% green and 86% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDADB?

Use black text. Black on #BCDADB has a contrast ratio of 14.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDADB?

Its complementary colour is #DBBDBC, and analogous partners are #BCDBCD and #BCCBDB.