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#BFE0DD

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BFE0DD

With the hex code #BFE0DD, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 88% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Powder Blue — a ΔE of 6.5 — followed by Light Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E0BFC2, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.92:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red191
Green224
Blue221

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.5
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.9

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #BFE0DD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BFE0DD.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BFE0DD.
14.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFE0DD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFE0DD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCDCDD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D7DD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6E2DF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFE0DD?

With the hex code #BFE0DD, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 88% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 12% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BFE0DD?

Use black text. Black on #BFE0DD has a contrast ratio of 14.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFE0DD?

Its complementary colour is #E0BFC2, and analogous partners are #BFE0CD and #BFD3E0.