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#BFEEE2 — Pale Teal

#BFEEE2 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 #BFEEE2 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.

#BFEEE2 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 #EEBFCA; it also sits naturally between #BFEECA and #BFE2EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFEEE2 · RGB 191, 238, 226

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Color values

HEX#BFEEE2
RGB191, 238, 226
HSL165°, 58%, 84%
HSV165°, 20%, 93%
CMYK20%, 0%, 5%, 7%
XYZ65.79, 77.72, 83.48
Yxy77.72, 0.2898, 0.3424
CIE-Lab90.65, -17.41, 0.83
Hunter Lab88.16, -16.62, 0.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 93% · Blue 89%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 5% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFEEE2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFEEE2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFEEE2

.text { color: #BFEEE2; }
.background { background-color: #BFEEE2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFEEE2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 238, 226); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(165, 58%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFEEE2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 238, 226, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFEEE2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 238, 226, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFEEE2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFEEE2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFEEE2

#9EE5D4#7EDDC5#5ED4B7#3ECCA8#2FB191#279176#1E715C#155142#0D3027#04100D

Tints of #BFEEE2

#C3EFE4#C7F0E6#CFF2E9#D3F3EB#D7F4ED#DBF5EF#DFF6F1#E7F9F4#EBFAF6#EFFBF8

Tones of #BFEEE2

#C2EBE0#C5E7DF#C9E4DD#CCE0DB#CFDDDA#D3D9D8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEBFCA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.54:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFEEE2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFEEE2

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 #BFEEE2: ·

How #BFEEE2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D3D4E5Deuteranopia · #D1CDE6Tritanopia · #C1E7E8

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 #BFEEE2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 3aa6b9
#3AA6B9 · #FFD0D0 · #FF9EAA · #C1ECE4
Golden Ruby Saffron
#BE2254 · #E672B3 · #26D49C · #C2EFE7
Palette 384259
#384259 · #F73859 · #7AC7C4 · #C4EDDE
Mellow Ruby Voyage
#A7193F · #E863A3 · #63E8C3 · #BAF0E6
Palette Beebe9
#BEEBE9 · #F4DADA · #FFB6B9 · #F6EEC7
Palette 9be3de
#9BE3DE · #BEEBE9 · #FFFDF9 · #FFE3ED

Similar colors

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

#C1ECE4#C2EFE7#C4EDDE#BAF0E6#BEEBE9#C1EBE9#B9EDDD#C1E9DC#B7EDE1#C3F1DA#B7F3E4#BBF7E2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFEEE1  ·  #BFEEE3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFEEE2?

#BFEEE2 is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 191, 238, 226). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFEEE2?

#BFEEE2 is RGB 191, 238, 226 — HSL 165°, 58%, 84% — CMYK 20%, 0%, 5%, 7%.

What colors go with #BFEEE2?

Its complement is #EEBFCA; analogous partners are #BFEECA and #BFE2EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFEEE2 for text?

Black text on #BFEEE2 has a contrast ratio of 16.54:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.