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#BDFBED

#BDFBED is a very light, vivid teal, close to the color Celeste. In RGB it’s made of 74.1% red, 98.4% green, and 92.9% blue. Its hue is 166°, with 89% saturation and 86% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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White text on this color

1.15:1 Fail
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Black text on this color

18.19:1 AAA
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This color as text on white

1.15:1 Fail
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This color as text on black

18.19:1 AAA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #BDFBED as they’d see it.

Typical vision#BDFBED
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #BDFBED

What color is #BDFBED?

#BDFBED is a very light, vivid teal, close to the color Celeste. In RGB it’s made of 74.1% red, 98.4% green, and 92.9% blue. Its hue is 166°, with 89% saturation and 86% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #BDFBED in RGB?

#BDFBED is rgb(189, 251, 237): 189 red, 251 green, and 237 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #BDFBED in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(25, 0, 6, 2). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #BDFBED?

PANTONE 331 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #BDFBED?

Its complement #FFE9EE gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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