#BED7D3
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #BED7D3
#BED7D3 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 84% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is similar to Powder Blue (ΔE 9.0), with Light Gray the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D7BEC2 (silver), 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 — 13.85:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BED7D3
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BED7D3?
#BED7D3 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 84% green and 83% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 16% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BED7D3?
Use black text. Black on #BED7D3 has a contrast ratio of 13.85:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BED7D3?
Its complementary colour is #D7BEC2, and analogous partners are #BED7C7 and #BECFD7.