#BEDFDA
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #BEDFDA
#BEDFDA is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 87% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.2), with Pale Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DFBEC3 (baby pink), its complementary partner.
Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.76:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BEDFDA
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BEDFDA?
#BEDFDA is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 87% green and 85% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BEDFDA?
Use black text. Black on #BEDFDA has a contrast ratio of 14.76:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BEDFDA?
Its complementary colour is #DFBEC3, and analogous partners are #BEDFCA and #BED4DF.