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#BCE4E2

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BCE4E2

With the hex code #BCE4E2, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 89% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 5.0 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E4BCBE, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.33:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green228
Blue226

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 5.0
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.4
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #BCE4E2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCE4E2.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCE4E2.
15.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCE4E2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCE4E2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFE0E2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7DAE2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B0E6E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCE4E2?

With the hex code #BCE4E2, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 89% green and 89% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCE4E2?

Use black text. Black on #BCE4E2 has a contrast ratio of 15.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCE4E2?

Its complementary colour is #E4BCBE, and analogous partners are #BCE4CE and #BCD2E4.