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#BEECEA — Pale Teal

#BEECEA 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 #BEECEA 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.

#BEECEA 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 #EDC0C2; it also sits naturally between #C0EDD4 and #C0D8ED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEECEA · RGB 190, 236, 234

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Color values

HEX#BEECEA
RGB190, 236, 234
HSL177°, 55%, 84%
HSV177°, 19%, 93%
CMYK19%, 0%, 1%, 7%
XYZ66.08, 76.88, 89.20
Yxy76.88, 0.2846, 0.3311
CIE-Lab90.27, -15.10, -3.92
Hunter Lab87.68, -14.45, -3.86

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 93% · Blue 92%

Cyan 19% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BEECEA

.text { color: #BEECEA; }
.background { background-color: #BEECEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEECEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 236, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(177, 55%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEECEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 236, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEECEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 236, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BEECEA

#A0E3E0#81DAD6#61D1CB#41C8C1#32AEA8#298E89#206F6B#174F4C#0E2F2E#05100F

Tints of #BEECEA

#C4EEEC#C8EFED#D0F1F0#D4F2F1#D7F4F2#DBF5F3#DFF6F5#E7F8F7#EBF9F9#EFFAFA

Tones of #BEECEA

#C3E9E7#C6E6E5#CAE3E2#CCE0DF#D0DDDC#D3D9D9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDC0C2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.28:1 Fails
Against black text16.38:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEECEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEECEA

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 #BEECEA: ·

How #BEECEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D2EADeuteranopia · #CFCCEBTritanopia · #C0EBEB

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 #BEECEA rather than the exact color:

Palette Beebe9
#BEEBE9 · #F4DADA · #FFB6B9 · #F6EEC7
Palette 9be3de
#9BE3DE · #BEEBE9 · #FFFDF9 · #FFE3ED
Palette C1ebe9
#C1EBE9 · #FFF7C5 · #F4AE52 · #4F252E
Golden Ruby Saffron
#BE2254 · #E672B3 · #26D49C · #C2EFE7
Smoky Ruby Marble
#B23D2D · #D2534D · #51C4D3 · #C3E9EB
Palette 272343
#272343 · #FFFFFF · #E3F6F5 · #BAE8E8

Similar colors

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

#BEEBE9#C1EBE9#C2EFE7#C3E9EB#BAE8E8#BAECEF#BCE6EB#BDE7EE#B9E8E8#C1ECE4#BAF0E6#BDE9F1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEECE9  ·  #BEECEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEECEA?

#BEECEA is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 190, 236, 234). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEECEA?

#BEECEA is RGB 190, 236, 234 — HSL 177°, 55%, 84% — CMYK 19%, 0%, 1%, 7%.

What colors go with #BEECEA?

Its complement is #EDC0C2; analogous partners are #C0EDD4 and #C0D8ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEECEA for text?

Black text on #BEECEA has a contrast ratio of 16.38:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.28:1.