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#BCEEEE — Pale Teal

#BCEEEE 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 #BCEEEE 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.

#BCEEEE 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 #EFBEBE; it also sits naturally between #BEEFD6 and #BED6EF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BCEEEE · RGB 188, 238, 238

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Color values

HEX#BCEEEE
RGB188, 238, 238
HSL180°, 60%, 84%
HSV180°, 21%, 93%
CMYK21%, 0%, 0%, 7%
XYZ66.75, 78.01, 92.43
Yxy78.01, 0.2814, 0.3289
CIE-Lab90.79, -15.86, -5.26
Hunter Lab88.33, -15.20, -5.22

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 93% · 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 #BCEEEE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BCEEEE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BCEEEE

.text { color: #BCEEEE; }
.background { background-color: #BCEEEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCEEEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 238, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(180, 60%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCEEEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 238, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCEEEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 238, 238, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BCEEEE

#9DE7E7#7CDEDE#5CD6D6#3BCECE#2DB4B4#259393#1D7272#145252#0C3131#041010

Tints of #BCEEEE

#C2F0F0#C6F1F1#CEF3F3#D2F4F4#D6F5F5#DAF6F6#DEF7F7#E7F9F9#EBFAFA#EFFBFB

Tones of #BCEEEE

#C1EBEB#C5E8E8#C8E4E4#CCE1E1#CFDDDD#D3DADA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EFBEBE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.60:1 AAA

Best text color on #BCEEEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCEEEE

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 #BCEEEE: ·

How #BCEEEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D2EEDeuteranopia · #CFCBEETritanopia · #BFEEEE

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 #BCEEEE rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Summit
#BAEFC2 · #BAECEF · #ABADEF · #E5AFEC
Modern Garden
#E1F0C4 · #AFEFBF · #BDE9F1 · #E0DEF6
Palette Beebe9
#BEEBE9 · #F4DADA · #FFB6B9 · #F6EEC7
Palette 9be3de
#9BE3DE · #BEEBE9 · #FFFDF9 · #FFE3ED
Rustic Ruby Twilight
#178E9D · #E446D3 · #D3E444 · #BDE7EE
Palette C1ebe9
#C1EBE9 · #FFF7C5 · #F4AE52 · #4F252E

Similar colors

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

#BAECEF#BDE9F1#BEEBE9#BDE7EE#C1EBE9#C3F2EF#BAF0E6#BCE6EB#B9F5F2#BFEAF5#BAE8E8#BCF2F6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCEEED  ·  #BCEEEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCEEEE?

#BCEEEE is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 188, 238, 238). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCEEEE?

#BCEEEE is RGB 188, 238, 238 — HSL 180°, 60%, 84% — CMYK 21%, 0%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BCEEEE?

Its complement is #EFBEBE; analogous partners are #BEEFD6 and #BED6EF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCEEEE for text?

Black text on #BCEEEE has a contrast ratio of 16.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.