#BDDEEC
Light Blue · very light cool teal
About #BDDEEC
#BDDEEC is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 4.2); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECCBBD — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BDDEEC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.82:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BDDEEC
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #BDDEEC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BDDEEC?
#BDDEEC is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BDDEEC?
Use black text. Black on #BDDEEC has a contrast ratio of 14.82:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BDDEEC?
Its complementary colour is #ECCBBD, and analogous partners are #BDECE3 and #BDC7EC.