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#BEFEED — Pale Vivid Teal

#BEFEED is a teal color we call Pale Vivid 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 #BEFEED 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.

#BEFEED 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 #FEBECF; it also sits naturally between #BEFECD and #BEEFFE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEFEED · RGB 190, 254, 237

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Color values

HEX#BEFEED
RGB190, 254, 237
HSL164°, 97%, 87%
HSV164°, 25%, 100%
CMYK25%, 0%, 7%, 0%
XYZ71.96, 87.95, 93.30
Yxy87.95, 0.2842, 0.3473
CIE-Lab95.14, -23.33, 1.65
Hunter Lab93.78, -22.48, 1.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 100% · Blue 93%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 7% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BEFEED

.text { color: #BEFEED; }
.background { background-color: #BEFEED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEFEED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 254, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(164, 97%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEFEED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 254, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEFEED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 254, 237, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BEFEED

#96FDE2#68FDD5#40FCCA#18FBBF#04E7AA#03BA89#02926B#02694E#013C2C#00140F

Tints of #BEFEED

#C3FEEE#C8FEF0#CDFEF1#D2FEF2#D7FEF4#D7FEF4#DCFEF5#E1FFF7#E6FFF8#EBFFF9

Tones of #BEFEED

#C2F9EB#C7F5E9#CCF0E6#D0ECE4#D5E7E2#D9E2E0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FEBECF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.13:1 Fails
Against black text18.59:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEFEED: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEFEED

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 #BEFEED: ·

How #BEFEED looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DADAF1Deuteranopia · #D6D1F2Tritanopia · #C1F4F5

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 violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 6499e9
#6499E9 · #9EDDFF · #A6F6FF · #BEFFF7
Golden Tempest
#183941 · #0D5798 · #3E67D9 · #B9F5F2
Palette Ebfffa
#EBFFFA · #C6FCE5 · #6EF3D6 · #0DCEDA
Tranquil Ruby Mirage
#C9F8EA · #70EBC7 · #148564 · #157055
Palette C5fff8
#C5FFF8 · #96EFFF · #5FBDFF · #7B66FF
Mellow Mosaic
#7D132C · #E86581 · #20D2A9 · #C3F2EF

Similar colors

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

#BEFFF7#B9F5F2#C6FCE5#C9F8EA#C5FFF8#C3F2EF#BCF9F9#BBF7E2#B5F7E6#C0FEFC#BCF2F6#B6FFFA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEFEEC  ·  #BEFEEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEFEED?

#BEFEED is Pale Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 190, 254, 237). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEFEED?

#BEFEED is RGB 190, 254, 237 — HSL 164°, 97%, 87% — CMYK 25%, 0%, 7%, 0%.

What colors go with #BEFEED?

Its complement is #FEBECF; analogous partners are #BEFECD and #BEEFFE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEFEED for text?

Black text on #BEFEED has a contrast ratio of 18.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.13:1.