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#BBF7FC — Pale Vivid Teal

#BBF7FC is a teal color we call Pale Vivid 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 #BBF7FC 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.

#BBF7FC 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 #FCC0BA; it also sits naturally between #BAFCE1 and #BAD6FC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBF7FC · RGB 187, 247, 252

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Color values

HEX#BBF7FC
RGB187, 247, 252
HSL185°, 92%, 86%
HSV185°, 26%, 99%
CMYK26%, 2%, 0%, 1%
XYZ71.32, 84.11, 104.57
Yxy84.11, 0.2743, 0.3235
CIE-Lab93.50, -17.62, -8.53
Hunter Lab91.71, -17.05, -8.72

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 97% · Blue 99%

Cyan 26% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BBF7FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBF7FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBF7FC

.text { color: #BBF7FC; }
.background { background-color: #BBF7FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBF7FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 247, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(185, 92%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBF7FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 247, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBF7FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 247, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBF7FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBF7FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBF7FC

#93F2FB#6CEDF9#40E8F7#19E3F5#09CBDC#08A7B5#06838E#045A62#02363B#011214

Tints of #BBF7FC

#BFF7FC#C4F8FD#C9F8FD#CEF9FD#D3FAFD#D8FAFD#DDFBFE#E2FBFE#E7FCFE#EBFDFE

Tones of #BBF7FC

#BFF3F8#C4EFF3#C8EBEE#CDE7E9#D2E3E5#D7DFE0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FCC0BA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.82:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBF7FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBF7FC

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 #BBF7FC: ·

How #BBF7FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D5D6FBDeuteranopia · #D2CDFATritanopia · #BEFAFA

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 #BBF7FC rather than the exact color:

Royal Zephyr
#0E4149 · #103D9D · #4FAEF0 · #BCF9F9
Palette B9f3fc
#B9F3FC · #AEE2FF · #93C6E7 · #FEDEFF
Palette B7fbff
#B7FBFF · #FFF6BE · #FFE0A3 · #FFA1AC
Hidden Meadow
#21425B · #2971A3 · #5EE1E7 · #B6F4F9
Palette Fff100
#FFF100 · #006BFF · #08C2FF · #BCF2F6
Palette 7579e7
#7579E7 · #9AB3F5 · #A3D8F4 · #B9FFFC

Similar colors

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

#BCF9F9#B9F3FC#B7FBFF#B6F4F9#BCF2F6#B9FFFC#C0FEFC#B6FFFA#BEFFF7#B9F5F2#C1EFFF#BEEEF7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBF7FB  ·  #BBF7FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBF7FC?

#BBF7FC is Pale Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 187, 247, 252). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBF7FC?

#BBF7FC is RGB 187, 247, 252 — HSL 185°, 92%, 86% — CMYK 26%, 2%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BBF7FC?

Its complement is #FCC0BA; analogous partners are #BAFCE1 and #BAD6FC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBF7FC for text?

Black text on #BBF7FC has a contrast ratio of 17.82:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.