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#BCF3FD

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BCF3FD

With the hex code #BCF3FD, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 95% green and 99% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 6.9 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #FDC6BC, a melon 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 — 17.38:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red188
Green243
Blue253

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #BCF3FD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCF3FD.
1.21:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BCF3FD.
17.38:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCF3FD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCF3FD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9EFFE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEE6FD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A7F8F6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCF3FD?

With the hex code #BCF3FD, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 95% green and 99% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCF3FD?

Use black text. Black on #BCF3FD has a contrast ratio of 17.38:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCF3FD?

Its complementary colour is #FDC6BC, and analogous partners are #BCFDE7 and #BCD2FD.