#BFE0DC
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #BFE0DC
#BFE0DC is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 88% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.8); Light Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E0BFC3 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #BFE0DC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.91:1 (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 #BFE0DC?
#BFE0DC is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 88% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 12% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BFE0DC?
Use black text. Black on #BFE0DC has a contrast ratio of 14.91:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BFE0DC?
Its complementary colour is #E0BFC3, and analogous partners are #BFE0CC and #BFD3E0.