Palettes / Colors / #BDE4E5

#BDE4E5 — Pale Muted Teal

#BDE4E5 is a teal color we call Pale Muted Teal, closest to the named color PowderBlue (#B0E0E6). It belongs to the teal family.

#BDE4E5 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 #E5BFBD; it also sits naturally between #BDE5D2 and #BDD0E5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 89% · Blue 90%

Cyan 17% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 10%

Previews

CSS code for #BDE4E5

.text { color: #BDE4E5; }
.background { background-color: #BDE4E5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BDE4E5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(189, 228, 229); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(182, 43%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BDE4E5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(189, 228, 229, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BDE4E5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(189, 228, 229, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BDE4E5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BDE4E5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BDE4E5

Tints of #BDE4E5

Tones of #BDE4E5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E5BFBD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BDE4E5: #000000.

How #BDE4E5 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with #BDE4E5 or a close neighbour

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BDE4E4  ·  #BDE4E6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BDE4E5?

#BDE4E5 is Pale Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 189, 228, 229). Its closest standard named color is PowderBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BDE4E5?

#BDE4E5 is RGB 189, 228, 229 — HSL 182°, 43%, 82% — CMYK 17%, 0%, 0%, 10%.

What colors go with #BDE4E5?

Its complement is #E5BFBD; analogous partners are #BDE5D2 and #BDD0E5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BDE4E5 for text?

Black text on #BDE4E5 has a contrast ratio of 15.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.36:1.