#BFDBDB
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #BFDBDB
#BFDBDB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 86% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.9); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBBFBF — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BFDBDB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.37:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BFDBDB
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BFDBDB?
#BFDBDB is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 86% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BFDBDB?
Use black text. Black on #BFDBDB has a contrast ratio of 14.37:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BFDBDB?
Its complementary colour is #DBBFBF, and analogous partners are #BFDBCD and #BFCDDB.