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#BAEDEC — Pale Teal

#BAEDEC 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 #BAEDEC 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.

#BAEDEC 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 #EDBABB; it also sits naturally between #BAEDD3 and #BAD5ED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BAEDEC · RGB 186, 237, 236

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Color values

HEX#BAEDEC
RGB186, 237, 236
HSL179°, 59%, 83%
HSV179°, 22%, 93%
CMYK22%, 0%, 0%, 7%
XYZ65.67, 77.06, 90.77
Yxy77.06, 0.2813, 0.3300
CIE-Lab90.35, -16.38, -4.87
Hunter Lab87.79, -15.64, -4.81

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 93% · Blue 93%

Cyan 22% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BAEDEC

.text { color: #BAEDEC; }
.background { background-color: #BAEDEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BAEDEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 237, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(179, 59%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BAEDEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 237, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BAEDEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 237, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BAEDEC

#9AE5E4#79DCDB#59D4D2#38CCC9#2EB2B0#269290#1D7270#155150#0D3130#041010

Tints of #BAEDEC

#BEEEED#C6F0F0#CAF1F1#CEF2F2#D6F5F4#DBF6F5#DFF7F6#E3F8F7#EBFAFA#EFFBFB

Tones of #BAEDEC

#BEEAE9#C1E6E5#C5E2E2#C9DEDE#CCDBDB#D0D7D7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDBABB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.28:1 Fails
Against black text16.41:1 AAA

Best text color on #BAEDEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BAEDEC

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 #BAEDEC: ·

How #BAEDEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0D1ECDeuteranopia · #CDC9ECTritanopia · #BDECEC

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 #BAEDEC rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Summit
#BAEFC2 · #BAECEF · #ABADEF · #E5AFEC
Palette Beebe9
#BEEBE9 · #F4DADA · #FFB6B9 · #F6EEC7
Palette 9be3de
#9BE3DE · #BEEBE9 · #FFFDF9 · #FFE3ED
Palette B5eaea
#B5EAEA · #EDF6E5 · #FFBCBC · #F38BA0
Palette 272343
#272343 · #FFFFFF · #E3F6F5 · #BAE8E8
Radiant Ruby Aurora
#25B6AF · #B126B9 · #DBD44F · #B9E8E8

Similar colors

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

#BAECEF#BEEBE9#B5EAEA#BAE8E8#B9E8E8#BAF0E6#BDE7EE#BDE9F1#BCE6EB#C1EBE9#B4EBE6#B9E5E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BAEDEB  ·  #BAEDED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BAEDEC?

#BAEDEC is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 186, 237, 236). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BAEDEC?

#BAEDEC is RGB 186, 237, 236 — HSL 179°, 59%, 83% — CMYK 22%, 0%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BAEDEC?

Its complement is #EDBABB; analogous partners are #BAEDD3 and #BAD5ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BAEDEC for text?

Black text on #BAEDEC has a contrast ratio of 16.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.28:1.