Palettes / Colors / #BEE2EE

#BEE2EE — Pale Blue

#BEE2EE is a blue color we call Pale Blue, closest to the named color PowderBlue (#B0E0E6). It belongs to the blue family.

#BEE2EE is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EECABE; it also sits naturally between #BEEEE2 and #BECAEE. 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 75% · Green 89% · Blue 93%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BEE2EE

.text { color: #BEE2EE; }
.background { background-color: #BEE2EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEE2EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 226, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(195, 59%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEE2EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 226, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEE2EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 226, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEE2EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEE2EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEE2EE

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Tones of #BEE2EE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EECABE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BEE2EE: #000000.

How #BEE2EE 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 a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BEE2EE rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEE2ED  ·  #BEE2EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEE2EE?

#BEE2EE is Pale Blue, a blue color (RGB 190, 226, 238). Its closest standard named color is PowderBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEE2EE?

#BEE2EE is RGB 190, 226, 238 — HSL 195°, 59%, 84% — CMYK 20%, 5%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BEE2EE?

Its complement is #EECABE; analogous partners are #BEEEE2 and #BECAEE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEE2EE for text?

Black text on #BEE2EE has a contrast ratio of 15.30:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.37:1.