#BFE0DE
Powder Blue · very light cool teal
About #BFE0DE
#BFE0DE is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 88% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 12% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.1), with Light Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E0BFC1 (baby pink), its complementary partner.
Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.93:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BFE0DE
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BFE0DE?
#BFE0DE is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 88% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 12% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BFE0DE?
Use black text. Black on #BFE0DE has a contrast ratio of 14.93:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BFE0DE?
Its complementary colour is #E0BFC1, and analogous partners are #BFE0CE and #BFD2E0.