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#BEECEE — Pale Teal

#BEECEE 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 #BEECEE 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.

#BEECEE 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 #EEC1BE; it also sits naturally between #BEEED9 and #BED4EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEECEE · RGB 190, 236, 238

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Color values

HEX#BEECEE
RGB190, 236, 238
HSL183°, 59%, 84%
HSV183°, 20%, 93%
CMYK20%, 1%, 0%, 7%
XYZ66.66, 77.11, 92.26
Yxy77.11, 0.2824, 0.3267
CIE-Lab90.37, -14.26, -5.85
Hunter Lab87.81, -13.69, -5.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 93% · Blue 93%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BEECEE

.text { color: #BEECEE; }
.background { background-color: #BEECEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEECEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 236, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(183, 59%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEECEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 236, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEECEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 236, 238, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BEECEE

#9EE2E6#7DD9DE#5DCFD5#3CC6CD#2EACB2#268D92#1D6D72#154E51#0D2F31#041010

Tints of #BEECEE

#C2EDEF#C6EEF0#CEF1F2#D2F2F3#D6F3F5#DBF4F6#DFF5F7#E7F8F9#EBF9FA#EFFAFB

Tones of #BEECEE

#C1E9EB#C5E6E7#C8E3E4#CCDFE0#CFDCDD#D3D9D9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEC1BE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.28:1 Fails
Against black text16.42:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEECEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEECEE

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 #BEECEE: ·

How #BEECEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D2EEDeuteranopia · #CFCCEDTritanopia · #C0EDED

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 #BEECEE rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Summit
#BAEFC2 · #BAECEF · #ABADEF · #E5AFEC
Modern Garden
#E1F0C4 · #AFEFBF · #BDE9F1 · #E0DEF6
Rustic Ruby Twilight
#178E9D · #E446D3 · #D3E444 · #BDE7EE
Palette Beebe9
#BEEBE9 · #F4DADA · #FFB6B9 · #F6EEC7
Palette 9be3de
#9BE3DE · #BEEBE9 · #FFFDF9 · #FFE3ED
Palette C1ebe9
#C1EBE9 · #FFF7C5 · #F4AE52 · #4F252E

Similar colors

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

#BAECEF#BDE9F1#BDE7EE#BEEBE9#C1EBE9#C3E9EB#BCE6EB#BFEAF5#C0E5EF#C3F2EF#BDE8F5#BAE8E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEECED  ·  #BEECEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEECEE?

#BEECEE is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 190, 236, 238). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEECEE?

#BEECEE is RGB 190, 236, 238 — HSL 183°, 59%, 84% — CMYK 20%, 1%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #BEECEE?

Its complement is #EEC1BE; analogous partners are #BEEED9 and #BED4EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEECEE for text?

Black text on #BEECEE has a contrast ratio of 16.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.28:1.