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#BDEEEC — Pale Teal

#BDEEEC 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 #BDEEEC 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.

#BDEEEC 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 #EEBEC0; it also sits naturally between #BEEED5 and #BED8EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BDEEEC · RGB 189, 238, 236

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Color values

HEX#BDEEEC
RGB189, 238, 236
HSL178°, 59%, 84%
HSV178°, 21%, 93%
CMYK21%, 0%, 1%, 7%
XYZ66.70, 78.02, 90.90
Yxy78.02, 0.2831, 0.3311
CIE-Lab90.79, -15.98, -4.20
Hunter Lab88.33, -15.31, -4.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 93% · Blue 93%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BDEEEC

.text { color: #BDEEEC; }
.background { background-color: #BDEEEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BDEEEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(189, 238, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(178, 59%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BDEEEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(189, 238, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BDEEEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(189, 238, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BDEEEC

#9EE6E4#7DDEDA#5DD5D1#3CCDC8#2EB2AE#26928E#1D726F#15514F#0D312F#041010

Tints of #BDEEEC

#C2EFEE#C6F0EF#CEF2F1#D2F3F2#D6F5F4#DBF6F5#DFF7F6#E7F9F8#EBFAF9#EFFBFA

Tones of #BDEEEC

#C1EBEA#C5E7E6#C8E4E3#CCE0E0#CFDDDD#D3D9D9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEBEC0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #BDEEEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BDEEEC

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 #BDEEEC: ·

How #BDEEEC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D3ECDeuteranopia · #CFCCEDTritanopia · #BFEDED

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 #BDEEEC rather than the exact color:

Palette Beebe9
#BEEBE9 · #F4DADA · #FFB6B9 · #F6EEC7
Palette 9be3de
#9BE3DE · #BEEBE9 · #FFFDF9 · #FFE3ED
Gentle Ruby Summit
#BAEFC2 · #BAECEF · #ABADEF · #E5AFEC
Palette C1ebe9
#C1EBE9 · #FFF7C5 · #F4AE52 · #4F252E
Mellow Ruby Voyage
#A7193F · #E863A3 · #63E8C3 · #BAF0E6
Modern Garden
#E1F0C4 · #AFEFBF · #BDE9F1 · #E0DEF6

Similar colors

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

#BEEBE9#BAECEF#C1EBE9#BAF0E6#BDE9F1#C2EFE7#BDE7EE#C3F2EF#BAE8E8#C3E9EB#BCE6EB#B9E8E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BDEEEB  ·  #BDEEED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BDEEEC?

#BDEEEC is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 189, 238, 236). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BDEEEC?

#BDEEEC is RGB 189, 238, 236 — HSL 178°, 59%, 84% — CMYK 21%, 0%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #BDEEEC?

Its complement is #EEBEC0; analogous partners are #BEEED5 and #BED8EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BDEEEC for text?

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