#BDDCDE
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #BDDCDE
#BDDCDE is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 86% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 5.6), with Light Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DEBFBD (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 14.46:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BDDCDE
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How #BDDCDE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BDDCDE?
#BDDCDE is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 86% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BDDCDE?
Use black text. Black on #BDDCDE has a contrast ratio of 14.46:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BDDCDE?
Its complementary colour is #DEBFBD, and analogous partners are #BDDED0 and #BDCCDE.