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#BFE4E0

Powder Blue · very light cool teal

About #BFE4E0

#BFE4E0 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 89% green and 88% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Powder Blue (ΔE 6.3), with Pale Mint the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E4BFC3 (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 15.39:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red191
Green228
Blue224

Closest named colours

Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 6.3
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 9.7
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #BFE4E0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BFE4E0.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on powder blue #BFE4E0.
15.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFE4E0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFE4E0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0E0E0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8DAE1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B5E6E3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFE4E0?

#BFE4E0 is a very light, muted teal colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 89% green and 88% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BFE4E0?

Use black text. Black on #BFE4E0 has a contrast ratio of 15.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFE4E0?

Its complementary colour is #E4BFC3, and analogous partners are #BFE4CD and #BFD5E4.