#BEECE6
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #BEECE6
#BEECE6 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 93% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 7.5); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECBEC4 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BEECE6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.33:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BEECE6?
#BEECE6 is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 93% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BEECE6?
Use black text. Black on #BEECE6 has a contrast ratio of 16.33:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BEECE6?
Its complementary colour is #ECBEC4, and analogous partners are #BEECCF and #BEDBEC.