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#BCDFD7

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BCDFD7

#BCDFD7 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 8.2); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFBCC4 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCDFD7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.67:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green223
Blue215

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 8.2
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 8.8
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #BCDFD7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCDFD7.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCDFD7.
14.67:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCDFD7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCDFD7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCDBD7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D6D8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B3E0DC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDFD7?

#BCDFD7 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDFD7?

Use black text. Black on #BCDFD7 has a contrast ratio of 14.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDFD7?

Its complementary colour is #DFBCC4, and analogous partners are #BCDFC6 and #BCD6DF.