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#BCE1DF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BCE1DF

With the hex code #BCE1DF, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 88% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 5.3 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E1BCBE, 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 — 14.97:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green225
Blue223

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 5.3
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #BCE1DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCE1DF.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCE1DF.
14.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCE1DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCE1DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCDDDF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D7DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B1E3E0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCE1DF?

With the hex code #BCE1DF, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 88% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCE1DF?

Use black text. Black on #BCE1DF has a contrast ratio of 14.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCE1DF?

Its complementary colour is #E1BCBE, and analogous partners are #BCE1CC and #BCD1E1.