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#BED4DD

Light Blue · very light cool teal

About #BED4DD

#BED4DD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 83% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 7.0); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDC7BE — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BED4DD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.65:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red190
Green212
Blue221

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 7.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.9
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 9.0

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

Text on #BED4DD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #BED4DD.
1.54:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #BED4DD.
13.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BED4DD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BED4DD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFD3DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CACFDD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6D7D7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BED4DD?

#BED4DD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 83% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BED4DD?

Use black text. Black on #BED4DD has a contrast ratio of 13.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BED4DD?

Its complementary colour is #DDC7BE, and analogous partners are #BEDDD6 and #BEC5DD.