Palettes / Colors / #BAEAEC

#BAEAEC — Pale Teal

#BAEAEC 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 #BAEAEC 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.

#BAEAEC 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 #ECBDBB; it also sits naturally between #BBECD5 and #BBD2EC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 92% · Blue 93%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BAEAEC

.text { color: #BAEAEC; }
.background { background-color: #BAEAEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BAEAEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 234, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(182, 57%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BAEAEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 234, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BAEAEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 234, 236, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECBDBB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BAEAEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BAEAEC

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:

How #BAEAEC looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BAEAEB  ·  #BAEAED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BAEAEC?

#BAEAEC is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 186, 234, 236). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BAEAEC?

#BAEAEC is RGB 186, 234, 236 — HSL 182°, 57%, 83% — CMYK 21%, 1%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BAEAEC?

Its complement is #ECBDBB; analogous partners are #BBECD5 and #BBD2EC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BAEAEC for text?

Black text on #BAEAEC has a contrast ratio of 16.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.31:1.