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#BAEEEA — Pale Teal

#BAEEEA 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 #BAEEEA 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.

#BAEEEA 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 #EEBABE; it also sits naturally between #BAEECF and #BAD8EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BAEEEA · RGB 186, 238, 234

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Color values

HEX#BAEEEA
RGB186, 238, 234
HSL175°, 60%, 83%
HSV175°, 22%, 93%
CMYK22%, 0%, 2%, 7%
XYZ65.68, 77.53, 89.34
Yxy77.53, 0.2824, 0.3334
CIE-Lab90.56, -17.29, -3.51
Hunter Lab88.05, -16.50, -3.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 93% · Blue 92%

Cyan 22% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BAEEEA

.text { color: #BAEEEA; }
.background { background-color: #BAEEEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BAEEEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 238, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(175, 60%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BAEEEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 238, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BAEEEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 238, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BAEEEA

#99E5DF#78DDD5#58D5CB#37CDC1#2DB4A8#25938A#1D726B#14524C#0C312E#04100F

Tints of #BAEEEA

#BEEFEB#C6F1ED#CAF2EE#CEF3F0#D6F5F2#DAF6F4#DEF7F5#E2F8F6#EBFAF9#EFFBFA

Tones of #BAEEEA

#BEEAE6#C1E6E3#C5E2E0#C8DFDD#CCDBDA#D0D8D7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEBABE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.51:1 AAA

Best text color on #BAEEEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BAEEEA

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 #BAEEEA: ·

How #BAEEEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D1EBDeuteranopia · #CECAEBTritanopia · #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 #BAEEEA rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Voyage
#A7193F · #E863A3 · #63E8C3 · #BAF0E6
Palette Beebe9
#BEEBE9 · #F4DADA · #FFB6B9 · #F6EEC7
Palette 9be3de
#9BE3DE · #BEEBE9 · #FFFDF9 · #FFE3ED
Gentle Ruby Summit
#BAEFC2 · #BAECEF · #ABADEF · #E5AFEC
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:

#BAF0E6#BEEBE9#BAECEF#BAE8E8#B9E8E8#B5EAEA#C1EBE9#B4EBE6#BCE6EB#B7F3E4#C2EFE7#BDE7EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BAEEE9  ·  #BAEEEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BAEEEA?

#BAEEEA is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 186, 238, 234). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BAEEEA?

#BAEEEA is RGB 186, 238, 234 — HSL 175°, 60%, 83% — CMYK 22%, 0%, 2%, 7%.

What colors go with #BAEEEA?

Its complement is #EEBABE; analogous partners are #BAEECF and #BAD8EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BAEEEA for text?

Black text on #BAEEEA has a contrast ratio of 16.51:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.