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#BDEEFF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BDEEFF

#BDEEFF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 93% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 26% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.7), with Light Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #FFCEBD (apricot), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red189
Green238
Blue255

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 7.8
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #BDEEFF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BDEEFF.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BDEEFF.
16.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BDEEFF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4EBFF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9E3FF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A9F4F3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDEEFF?

#BDEEFF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 74% red, 93% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 26% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BDEEFF?

Use black text. Black on #BDEEFF has a contrast ratio of 16.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDEEFF?

Its complementary colour is #FFCEBD, and analogous partners are #BDFFEF and #BDCDFF.