#BCEDEC
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #BCEDEC
#BCEDEC is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 93% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 5.7), with Pale Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDBCBD (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 16.46:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BCEDEC
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BCEDEC?
#BCEDEC is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 93% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BCEDEC?
Use black text. Black on #BCEDEC has a contrast ratio of 16.46:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BCEDEC?
Its complementary colour is #EDBCBD, and analogous partners are #BCEDD4 and #BCD5ED.