Palettes / Colors / #BFEEE8

#BFEEE8 — Pale Teal

#BFEEE8 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 #BFEEE8 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.

#BFEEE8 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 #EEBFC5; it also sits naturally between #BFEED0 and #BFDDEE. 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 93% · Blue 91%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 3% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BFEEE8

.text { color: #BFEEE8; }
.background { background-color: #BFEEE8; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFEEE8; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 238, 232); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(172, 58%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFEEE8; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 238, 232, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFEEE8; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 238, 232, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFEEE8">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFEEE8">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFEEE8

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEBFC5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BFEEE8: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFEEE8

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 #BFEEE8 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 #BFEEE8 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFEEE8?

#BFEEE8 is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 191, 238, 232). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFEEE8?

#BFEEE8 is RGB 191, 238, 232 — HSL 172°, 58%, 84% — CMYK 20%, 0%, 3%, 7%.

What colors go with #BFEEE8?

Its complement is #EEBFC5; analogous partners are #BFEED0 and #BFDDEE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFEEE8 for text?

Black text on #BFEEE8 has a contrast ratio of 16.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.