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#B4EEFD — Pale Vivid Teal

#B4EEFD is a teal color we call Pale Vivid Teal, closest to the named color PaleTurquoise (#AFEEEE). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: paleturquoise (#AFEEEE) — not an exact match. CSS paleturquoise gives you #AFEEEE, a different color; use #B4EEFD when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#B4EEFD is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #FDC3B4; it also sits naturally between #B4FDE7 and #B4CAFD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#B4EEFD · RGB 180, 238, 253

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Color values

HEX#B4EEFD
RGB180, 238, 253
HSL192°, 95%, 85%
HSV192°, 29%, 99%
CMYK29%, 6%, 0%, 1%
XYZ67.13, 77.94, 104.44
Yxy77.94, 0.2690, 0.3124
CIE-Lab90.75, -14.88, -13.18
Hunter Lab88.29, -14.29, -13.65

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 71% · Green 93% · Blue 99%

Cyan 29% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #B4EEFD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #B4EEFD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #B4EEFD

.text { color: #B4EEFD; }
.background { background-color: #B4EEFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B4EEFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(180, 238, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(192, 95%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B4EEFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(180, 238, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B4EEFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(180, 238, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B4EEFD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B4EEFD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B4EEFD

#8DE6FC#65DDFB#3DD4FA#15CBF9#06B4E0#0590B3#04708B#035063#02303C#011014

Tints of #B4EEFD

#B9F0FD#BEF1FD#C3F2FD#C8F3FE#D2F5FE#D7F6FE#DCF7FE#E1F8FE#E6FAFE#EBFBFE

Tones of #B4EEFD

#BAEBF8#BFE8F3#C4E5ED#C9E2E8#CEDFE3#D3DCDE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FDC3B4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.59:1 AAA

Best text color on #B4EEFD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B4EEFD

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #B4EEFD: ·

How #B4EEFD looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #CDCEF9Deuteranopia · #CAC5F9Tritanopia · #B7F7F6

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #B4EEFD rather than the exact color:

Palette B1f0f7
#B1F0F7 · #81BFDA · #F5F0CD · #FADA7A
Palette B9f3fc
#B9F3FC · #AEE2FF · #93C6E7 · #FEDEFF
Palette Fdfdbd
#FDFDBD · #C8FFD4 · #B8E8FC · #B1AFFF
Hidden Meadow
#21425B · #2971A3 · #5EE1E7 · #B6F4F9
Palette Ffe9d0
#FFE9D0 · #FFFED3 · #BBE9FF · #B1AFFF
Palette F7c8e0
#F7C8E0 · #DFFFD8 · #B4E4FF · #95BDFF

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#B1F0F7#B9F3FC#B8E8FC#B6F4F9#BBE9FF#B4E4FF#B1F6F7#ACF0F6#BFECFF#BCF2F6#B2EBF2#BEEEF7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B4EEFC  ·  #B4EEFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B4EEFD?

#B4EEFD is Pale Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 180, 238, 253). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B4EEFD?

#B4EEFD is RGB 180, 238, 253 — HSL 192°, 95%, 85% — CMYK 29%, 6%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #B4EEFD?

Its complement is #FDC3B4; analogous partners are #B4FDE7 and #B4CAFD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B4EEFD for text?

Black text on #B4EEFD has a contrast ratio of 16.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.