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#BFE2DE

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BFE2DE

With the hex code #BFE2DE, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 89% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 11% 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 Pale Mint. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E2BFC3, a baby pink shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.15:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red191
Green226
Blue222

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.5
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #BFE2DE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BFE2DE.
1.39:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BFE2DE.
15.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFE2DE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFE2DE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DEDEDE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D9DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6E4E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFE2DE?

With the hex code #BFE2DE, this is a very light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 89% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 11% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BFE2DE?

Use black text. Black on #BFE2DE has a contrast ratio of 15.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFE2DE?

Its complementary colour is #E2BFC3, and analogous partners are #BFE2CD and #BFD5E2.