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#BAEBEC — Pale Teal

#BAEBEC 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 #BAEBEC 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.

#BAEBEC 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 #ECBCBB; it also sits naturally between #BBECD4 and #BBD3EC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BAEBEC · RGB 186, 235, 236

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Color values

HEX#BAEBEC
RGB186, 235, 236
HSL181°, 57%, 83%
HSV181°, 21%, 93%
CMYK21%, 0%, 0%, 7%
XYZ65.10, 75.91, 90.58
Yxy75.91, 0.2811, 0.3278
CIE-Lab89.82, -15.38, -5.65
Hunter Lab87.13, -14.68, -5.60

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 92% · Blue 93%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BAEBEC

.text { color: #BAEBEC; }
.background { background-color: #BAEBEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BAEBEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 235, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(181, 57%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BAEBEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 235, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BAEBEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 235, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BAEBEC

#9BE2E4#7BD9DB#5BD0D2#3BC7C9#30AEB0#278E90#1F6F70#164F50#0D2F30#041010

Tints of #BAEBEC

#BFEDED#C7EFF0#CBF0F1#CFF1F2#D7F4F4#DBF5F5#DFF6F6#E3F7F7#EBF9FA#EFFAFB

Tones of #BAEBEC

#BEE8E9#C2E5E5#C5E1E2#C9DEDE#CDDADB#D0D7D7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ECBCBB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.30:1 Fails
Against black text16.18:1 AAA

Best text color on #BAEBEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BAEBEC

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 #BAEBEC: ·

How #BAEBEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CFD0ECDeuteranopia · #CCC9ECTritanopia · #BCECEC

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 #BAEBEC rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Summit
#BAEFC2 · #BAECEF · #ABADEF · #E5AFEC
Palette 272343
#272343 · #FFFFFF · #E3F6F5 · #BAE8E8
Palette Beebe9
#BEEBE9 · #F4DADA · #FFB6B9 · #F6EEC7
Palette 9be3de
#9BE3DE · #BEEBE9 · #FFFDF9 · #FFE3ED
Radiant Ruby Aurora
#25B6AF · #B126B9 · #DBD44F · #B9E8E8
Rustic Ruby Twilight
#178E9D · #E446D3 · #D3E444 · #BDE7EE

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BAEBEB  ·  #BAEBED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BAEBEC?

#BAEBEC is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 186, 235, 236). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BAEBEC?

#BAEBEC is RGB 186, 235, 236 — HSL 181°, 57%, 83% — CMYK 21%, 0%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BAEBEC?

Its complement is #ECBCBB; analogous partners are #BBECD4 and #BBD3EC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BAEBEC for text?

Black text on #BAEBEC has a contrast ratio of 16.18:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.