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#BEDDDB

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BEDDDB

With the hex code #BEDDDB, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 87% green and 86% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% 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 6.6 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DDBEC0, 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 — 14.55:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red190
Green221
Blue219

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #BEDDDB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BEDDDB.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BEDDDB.
14.55:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BEDDDB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9DADB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D5DB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5DFDC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEDDDB?

With the hex code #BEDDDB, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 87% green and 86% blue, while a printer would mix 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BEDDDB?

Use black text. Black on #BEDDDB has a contrast ratio of 14.55:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEDDDB?

Its complementary colour is #DDBEC0, and analogous partners are #BEDDCB and #BED0DD.