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#BFE2DF

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BFE2DF

#BFE2DF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 89% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 11% 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 #E2BFC2 (baby pink), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.16:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red191
Green226
Blue223

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 9.8
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #BFE2DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BFE2DF.
1.39:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BFE2DF.
15.16:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFE2DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFE2DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DEDEDF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7D9DF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5E4E1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFE2DF?

#BFE2DF is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 89% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BFE2DF?

Use black text. Black on #BFE2DF has a contrast ratio of 15.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFE2DF?

Its complementary colour is #E2BFC2, and analogous partners are #BFE2CE and #BFD3E2.