#BDECEA
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #BDECEA
#BDECEA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 5.9); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECBDBF — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BDECEA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.35:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BDECEA?
#BDECEA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 93% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BDECEA?
Use black text. Black on #BDECEA has a contrast ratio of 16.35:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BDECEA?
Its complementary colour is #ECBDBF, and analogous partners are #BDECD3 and #BDD7EC.