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#BCDFDC

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BCDFDC

#BCDFDC is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 87% green and 86% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.0), with Light Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DFBCBF (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green223
Blue220

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.5
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #BCDFDC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCDFDC.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCDFDC.
14.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BCDFDC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBDBDC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D6DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B2E1DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCDFDC?

#BCDFDC is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 87% green and 86% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCDFDC?

Use black text. Black on #BCDFDC has a contrast ratio of 14.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCDFDC?

Its complementary colour is #DFBCBF, and analogous partners are #BCDFCB and #BCD1DF.