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#BBFCF6 — Pale Vivid Teal

#BBFCF6 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 #BBFCF6 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.

#BBFCF6 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 #FCBAC1; it also sits naturally between #BAFCD5 and #BAE2FC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BBFCF6 · RGB 187, 252, 246

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Color values

HEX#BBFCF6
RGB187, 252, 246
HSL174°, 92%, 86%
HSV174°, 26%, 99%
CMYK26%, 0%, 2%, 1%
XYZ71.94, 86.84, 100.16
Yxy86.84, 0.2778, 0.3354
CIE-Lab94.67, -21.36, -3.70
Hunter Lab93.19, -20.63, -3.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 99% · Blue 96%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #BBFCF6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BBFCF6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BBFCF6

.text { color: #BBFCF6; }
.background { background-color: #BBFCF6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BBFCF6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 252, 246); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(174, 92%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BBFCF6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 252, 246, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BBFCF6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 252, 246, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BBFCF6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BBFCF6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BBFCF6

#93FBF0#6CF9EB#40F7E5#19F5DF#09DCC7#08B5A4#068E80#046259#023B35#011412

Tints of #BBFCF6

#BFFCF6#C4FDF7#C9FDF8#CEFDF8#D3FDF9#D8FDFA#DDFEFA#E2FEFB#E7FEFC#EBFEFC

Tones of #BBFCF6

#BFF8F2#C4F3EE#C8EEEA#CDE9E6#D2E5E3#D7E0DF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FCBAC1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.14:1 Fails
Against black text18.37:1 AAA

Best text color on #BBFCF6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BBFCF6

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 #BBFCF6: ·

How #BBFCF6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D7D8F7Deuteranopia · #D3CFF8Tritanopia · #BEF9F9

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 #BBFCF6 rather than the exact color:

Royal Zephyr
#0E4149 · #103D9D · #4FAEF0 · #BCF9F9
Palette 6499e9
#6499E9 · #9EDDFF · #A6F6FF · #BEFFF7
Palette 7579e7
#7579E7 · #9AB3F5 · #A3D8F4 · #B9FFFC
Palette B6fffa
#B6FFFA · #98E4FF · #80B3FF · #687EFF
Palette 04009a
#04009A · #77ACF1 · #3EDBF0 · #C0FEFC
Golden Tempest
#183941 · #0D5798 · #3E67D9 · #B9F5F2

Similar colors

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

#BCF9F9#BEFFF7#B9FFFC#B6FFFA#C0FEFC#B9F5F2#B6F4F9#B7FBFF#BCF2F6#C5FFF8#B9F3FC#B1F6F7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BBFCF5  ·  #BBFCF7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BBFCF6?

#BBFCF6 is Pale Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 187, 252, 246). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BBFCF6?

#BBFCF6 is RGB 187, 252, 246 — HSL 174°, 92%, 86% — CMYK 26%, 0%, 2%, 1%.

What colors go with #BBFCF6?

Its complement is #FCBAC1; analogous partners are #BAFCD5 and #BAE2FC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BBFCF6 for text?

Black text on #BBFCF6 has a contrast ratio of 18.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.14:1.