#BECEDD
Light Blue · very light cool blue
About #BECEDD
#BECEDD is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Blue (ΔE 9.0); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDCDBE — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BECEDD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BECEDD
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #BECEDD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BECEDD?
#BECEDD is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BECEDD?
Use black text. Black on #BECEDD has a contrast ratio of 13.06:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BECEDD?
Its complementary colour is #DDCDBE, and analogous partners are #BEDDDC and #BEBFDD.