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#BCDDDF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BCDDDF

#BCDDDF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 5.0); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFBEBC — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCDDDF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.55:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green221
Blue223

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 5.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 7.2
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #BCDDDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCDDDF.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCDDDF.
14.55:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BCDDDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8DADF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1D5DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B2E0DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDDDF?

#BCDDDF is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDDDF?

Use black text. Black on #BCDDDF has a contrast ratio of 14.55:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDDDF?

Its complementary colour is #DFBEBC, and analogous partners are #BCDFD0 and #BCCCDF.