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#BCDADD

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BCDADD

With the hex code #BCDADD, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 85% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 5.9 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DDBFBC, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.21:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red188
Green218
Blue221

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 5.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 7.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #BCDADD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCDADD.
1.48:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCDADD.
14.21:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BCDADD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D5D7DD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFD2DD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B3DDDB

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Analogous

Triadic

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Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDADD?

With the hex code #BCDADD, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 85% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDADD?

Use black text. Black on #BCDADD has a contrast ratio of 14.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDADD?

Its complementary colour is #DDBFBC, and analogous partners are #BCDDD0 and #BCCADD.