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#BAEAEB — Pale Teal

#BAEAEB is a teal color we call Pale 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 #BAEAEB 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.

#BAEAEB 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 #EBBDBC; it also sits naturally between #BCEBD4 and #BCD3EB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BAEAEB · RGB 186, 234, 235

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Color values

HEX#BAEAEB
RGB186, 234, 235
HSL181°, 55%, 83%
HSV181°, 21%, 92%
CMYK21%, 0%, 0%, 8%
XYZ64.67, 75.28, 89.72
Yxy75.28, 0.2816, 0.3278
CIE-Lab89.53, -15.09, -5.56
Hunter Lab86.77, -14.39, -5.50

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 92% · Blue 92%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BAEAEB

.text { color: #BAEAEB; }
.background { background-color: #BAEAEB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BAEAEB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 234, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(181, 55%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BAEAEB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 234, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BAEAEB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 234, 235, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BAEAEB

#9CE1E2#7DD8D9#5DCED0#3DC4C7#32ACAE#298D8E#206D6F#174E4F#0E2F2F#051010

Tints of #BAEAEB

#C0ECED#C8EEEF#CCEFF0#D0F1F1#D7F3F4#DBF4F5#DFF5F6#E3F7F7#EBF9F9#EFFAFA

Tones of #BAEAEB

#BFE7E8#C3E4E5#C6E1E1#C9DEDE#CDDADB#D0D7D7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EBBDBC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.31:1 Fails
Against black text16.06:1 AAA

Best text color on #BAEAEB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BAEAEB

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 #BAEAEB: ·

How #BAEAEB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CFCFEBDeuteranopia · #CCC8EBTritanopia · #BCEBEB

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 #BAEAEB rather than the exact color:

Palette 272343
#272343 · #FFFFFF · #E3F6F5 · #BAE8E8
Radiant Ruby Aurora
#25B6AF · #B126B9 · #DBD44F · #B9E8E8
Gentle Ruby Summit
#BAEFC2 · #BAECEF · #ABADEF · #E5AFEC
Palette Bce6eb
#BCE6EB · #FDCFDF · #FBBEDF · #FCA3CC
Palette Beebe9
#BEEBE9 · #F4DADA · #FFB6B9 · #F6EEC7
Palette 9be3de
#9BE3DE · #BEEBE9 · #FFFDF9 · #FFE3ED

Similar colors

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

#BAE8E8#B9E8E8#BAECEF#BCE6EB#BEEBE9#B5EAEA#BDE7EE#B9E5E8#B9E4EE#BDE9F1#C1EBE9#BAF0E6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BAEAEA  ·  #BAEAEC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BAEAEB?

#BAEAEB is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 186, 234, 235). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BAEAEB?

#BAEAEB is RGB 186, 234, 235 — HSL 181°, 55%, 83% — CMYK 21%, 0%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #BAEAEB?

Its complement is #EBBDBC; analogous partners are #BCEBD4 and #BCD3EB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BAEAEB for text?

Black text on #BAEAEB has a contrast ratio of 16.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.31:1.