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#BEDEE8

Light Blue · very light cool teal

About #BEDEE8

#BEDEE8 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 87% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 4.8); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E8C8BE — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BEDEE8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.80:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green222
Blue232

Closest named colours

Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 4.8
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 5.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.0

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

Text on #BEDEE8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light blue #BEDEE8.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light blue #BEDEE8.
14.80:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEDEE8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEDEE8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7DCE9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D6E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B2E2E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEDEE8?

#BEDEE8 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 87% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 18% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BEDEE8?

Use black text. Black on #BEDEE8 has a contrast ratio of 14.80:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEDEE8?

Its complementary colour is #E8C8BE, and analogous partners are #BEE8DD and #BEC9E8.