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#BED8DA

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BED8DA

With the hex code #BED8DA, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 85% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 7.3 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DAC0BE, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.02:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green216
Blue218

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.3
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 8.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #BED8DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BED8DA.
1.50:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BED8DA.
14.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BED8DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BED8DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4D5DA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CED1DA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6DAD8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BED8DA?

With the hex code #BED8DA, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 85% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 13% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BED8DA?

Use black text. Black on #BED8DA has a contrast ratio of 14.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BED8DA?

Its complementary colour is #DAC0BE, and analogous partners are #BEDACE and #BECADA.