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#BFE2DD

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BFE2DD

#BFE2DD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 89% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.9); Pale Mint comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2BFC4 — a baby pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #BFE2DD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.14:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red191
Green226
Blue221

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.9
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.6
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #BFE2DD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BFE2DD.
1.39:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BFE2DD.
15.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFE2DD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFE2DD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DEDEDD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D9DE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6E4E0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFE2DD?

#BFE2DD is a muted, very light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 75% red, 89% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BFE2DD?

Use black text. Black on #BFE2DD has a contrast ratio of 15.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFE2DD?

Its complementary colour is #E2BFC4, and analogous partners are #BFE2CC and #BFD5E2.