Palettes / Colors / #BEEFEF

#BEEFEF — Pale Teal

#BEEFEF 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 #BEEFEF 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.

#BEEFEF 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 #EFBEBE; it also sits naturally between #BEEFD6 and #BED6EF. 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 94% · Blue 94%

Cyan 21% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BEEFEF

.text { color: #BEEFEF; }
.background { background-color: #BEEFEF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEEFEF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 239, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(180, 60%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEEFEF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 239, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEEFEF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 239, 239, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EFBEBE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BEEFEF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEEFEF

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:

How #BEEFEF 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 #BEEFEF 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

← #BEEFEE  ·  #BEEFF0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEEFEF?

#BEEFEF is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 190, 239, 239). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEEFEF?

#BEEFEF is RGB 190, 239, 239 — HSL 180°, 60%, 84% — CMYK 21%, 0%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #BEEFEF?

Its complement is #EFBEBE; analogous partners are #BEEFD6 and #BED6EF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEEFEF for text?

Black text on #BEEFEF has a contrast ratio of 16.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.