#BFD4E2
Light Blue · very light cool blue
About #BFD4E2
#BFD4E2 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 83% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Blue (ΔE 7.1); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2CDBF — a oat tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BFD4E2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.73:1 (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 #BFD4E2?
#BFD4E2 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 83% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BFD4E2?
Use black text. Black on #BFD4E2 has a contrast ratio of 13.73:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BFD4E2?
Its complementary colour is #E2CDBF, and analogous partners are #BFE2DF and #BFC3E2.