#BECFDC
Light Blue · very light cool blue
About #BECFDC
#BECFDC is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 81% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Blue (ΔE 8.5); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DCCBBE — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BECFDC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.15:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BECFDC
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #BECFDC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BECFDC?
#BECFDC is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 81% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BECFDC?
Use black text. Black on #BECFDC has a contrast ratio of 13.15:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BECFDC?
Its complementary colour is #DCCBBE, and analogous partners are #BEDCDA and #BEC0DC.