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#BCF2FD

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BCF2FD

#BCF2FD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 95% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 26% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.8); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FDC7BC — a melon tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BCF2FD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.26:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green242
Blue253

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.8
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #BCF2FD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCF2FD.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCF2FD.
17.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCF2FD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCF2FD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E8EEFE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDE5FD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A7F7F5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCF2FD?

#BCF2FD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 95% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 26% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BCF2FD?

Use black text. Black on #BCF2FD has a contrast ratio of 17.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCF2FD?

Its complementary colour is #FDC7BC, and analogous partners are #BCFDE8 and #BCD1FD.