#BDCFEC
Light Blue · very light cool blue
About #BDCFEC
#BDCFEC is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 81% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 12% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Blue (ΔE 11.9); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECDABD — a champagne tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BDCFEC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.30:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BDCFEC
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #BDCFEC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BDCFEC?
#BDCFEC is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 81% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 12% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BDCFEC?
Use black text. Black on #BDCFEC has a contrast ratio of 13.30:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BDCFEC?
Its complementary colour is #ECDABD, and analogous partners are #BDE7EC and #C3BDEC.