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#BEDDD8

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BEDDD8

With the hex code #BEDDD8, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 87% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 7.6 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DDBEC3, 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 14.52:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green221
Blue216

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 7.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.7
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #BEDDD8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BEDDD8.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BEDDD8.
14.52:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEDDD8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEDDD8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DAD9D8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4D5D9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6DEDB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEDDD8?

With the hex code #BEDDD8, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 87% green and 85% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEDDD8?

Use black text. Black on #BEDDD8 has a contrast ratio of 14.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEDDD8?

Its complementary colour is #DDBEC3, and analogous partners are #BEDDC9 and #BED3DD.