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#BEDDDA

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BEDDDA

#BEDDDA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 87% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.9); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDBEC1 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BEDDDA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.54:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green221
Blue218

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.9
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #BEDDDA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BEDDDA.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BEDDDA.
14.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BEDDDA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9D9DA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D5DA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6DFDC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEDDDA?

#BEDDDA is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 87% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BEDDDA?

Use black text. Black on #BEDDDA has a contrast ratio of 14.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEDDDA?

Its complementary colour is #DDBEC1, and analogous partners are #BEDDCB and #BED1DD.