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#BEDCD9

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BEDCD9

With the hex code #BEDCD9, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 86% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 7.2 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DCBEC1, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.43:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red190
Green220
Blue217

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.2
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #BEDCD9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BEDCD9.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BEDCD9.
14.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEDCD9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEDCD9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8D9D9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2D4D9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6DEDB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEDCD9?

With the hex code #BEDCD9, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 86% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEDCD9?

Use black text. Black on #BEDCD9 has a contrast ratio of 14.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEDCD9?

Its complementary colour is #DCBEC1, and analogous partners are #BEDCCA and #BED0DC.