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#BCEDEB

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BCEDEB

With the hex code #BCEDEB, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 92% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 6.1 — followed by Pale Mint. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #EDBCBE, 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 — 16.45:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green237
Blue235

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.1
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #BCEDEB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCEDEB.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCEDEB.
16.45:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BCEDEB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7E8EB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDE1EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ADF0EC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCEDEB?

With the hex code #BCEDEB, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 93% green and 92% blue, while a printer would mix 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCEDEB?

Use black text. Black on #BCEDEB has a contrast ratio of 16.45:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCEDEB?

Its complementary colour is #EDBCBE, and analogous partners are #BCEDD3 and #BCD7ED.