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#BEEAFE — Pale Vivid Blue

#BEEAFE is a blue color we call Pale Vivid Blue, closest to the named color PaleTurquoise (#AFEEEE). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: paleturquoise (#AFEEEE) — not an exact match. CSS paleturquoise gives you #AFEEEE, a different color; use #BEEAFE 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.

#BEEAFE 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 #FED2BE; it also sits naturally between #BEFEF2 and #BEC9FE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEEAFE · RGB 190, 234, 254

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Color values

HEX#BEEAFE
RGB190, 234, 254
HSL199°, 97%, 87%
HSV199°, 25%, 100%
CMYK25%, 8%, 0%, 0%
XYZ68.55, 76.95, 105.01
Yxy76.95, 0.2736, 0.3072
CIE-Lab90.30, -9.79, -14.32
Hunter Lab87.72, -9.49, -14.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 92% · Blue 100%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BEEAFE

.text { color: #BEEAFE; }
.background { background-color: #BEEAFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEEAFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 234, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(199, 97%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEEAFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 234, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEEAFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 234, 254, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BEEAFE

#96DCFD#68CEFD#40C1FC#18B3FB#049FE7#0380BA#026492#024969#01293C#000E14

Tints of #BEEAFE

#C3EBFE#C8EDFE#CDEFFE#D2F0FE#D7F2FE#D7F2FE#DCF3FE#E1F5FF#E6F7FF#EBF8FF

Tones of #BEEAFE

#C2E8F9#C7E6F5#CCE5F0#D0E3EC#D5E1E7#D9E0E2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FED2BE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.28:1 Fails
Against black text16.39:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEEAFE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEEAFE

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 #BEEAFE: ·

How #BEEAFE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D1F9Deuteranopia · #CFCBF8Tritanopia · #C0F5F5

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 purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Bfecff
#BFECFF · #CDC1FF · #FFF6E3 · #FFCCEA
Palette Ffe9d0
#FFE9D0 · #FFFED3 · #BBE9FF · #B1AFFF
Palette Ffb3b3
#FFB3B3 · #FFDBA4 · #FFE9AE · #C1EFFF
Palette Fdfdbd
#FDFDBD · #C8FFD4 · #B8E8FC · #B1AFFF
Palette Beeef7
#BEEEF7 · #6FC2D0 · #373A6D · #FF8246
Palette D20062
#D20062 · #D6589F · #D895DA · #C4E4FF

Similar colors

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

#BFECFF#BBE9FF#C1EFFF#B8E8FC#BEEEF7#C4E4FF#C6E7FF#BFEAF5#BDE8F5#C2E2FA#C7EEFF#BBE1FA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEEAFD  ·  #BEEAFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEEAFE?

#BEEAFE is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 190, 234, 254). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEEAFE?

#BEEAFE is RGB 190, 234, 254 — HSL 199°, 97%, 87% — CMYK 25%, 8%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #BEEAFE?

Its complement is #FED2BE; analogous partners are #BEFEF2 and #BEC9FE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEEAFE for text?

Black text on #BEEAFE has a contrast ratio of 16.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.28:1.