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#BFEFEA — Pale Teal

#BFEFEA 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 #BFEFEA 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.

#BFEFEA 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 #EFBEC3; it also sits naturally between #BEEFD1 and #BEDBEF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFEFEA · RGB 191, 239, 234

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Color values

HEX#BFEFEA
RGB191, 239, 234
HSL174°, 60%, 84%
HSV174°, 20%, 94%
CMYK20%, 0%, 2%, 6%
XYZ67.20, 78.75, 89.50
Yxy78.75, 0.2854, 0.3345
CIE-Lab91.12, -16.29, -2.66
Hunter Lab88.74, -15.62, -2.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 94% · Blue 92%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #BFEFEA

.text { color: #BFEFEA; }
.background { background-color: #BFEFEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFEFEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 239, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(174, 60%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFEFEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 239, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFEFEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 239, 234, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BFEFEA

#9DE7DF#7CDED5#5CD6CA#3BCEBF#2DB4A6#259388#1D726A#14524B#0C312D#04100F

Tints of #BFEFEA

#C2F0EB#C6F1EC#CEF3EF#D2F4F0#D6F5F2#DAF6F3#DEF7F4#E7F9F7#EBFAF8#EFFBFA

Tones of #BFEFEA

#C1EBE7#C5E8E4#C8E4E1#CCE1DF#CFDDDC#D3DAD9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EFBEC3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.75:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFEFEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFEFEA

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 #BFEFEA: ·

How #BFEFEA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D4D4EBDeuteranopia · #D1CDECTritanopia · #C1ECEC

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 #BFEFEA rather than the exact color:

Palette Beebe9
#BEEBE9 · #F4DADA · #FFB6B9 · #F6EEC7
Palette 9be3de
#9BE3DE · #BEEBE9 · #FFFDF9 · #FFE3ED
Golden Ruby Saffron
#BE2254 · #E672B3 · #26D49C · #C2EFE7
Palette C1ebe9
#C1EBE9 · #FFF7C5 · #F4AE52 · #4F252E
Mellow Ruby Voyage
#A7193F · #E863A3 · #63E8C3 · #BAF0E6
Palette 3aa6b9
#3AA6B9 · #FFD0D0 · #FF9EAA · #C1ECE4

Similar colors

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

#BEEBE9#C2EFE7#C1EBE9#BAF0E6#C1ECE4#C3F2EF#C3E9EB#BAECEF#BAE8E8#BDE7EE#B9E8E8#BDE9F1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFEFE9  ·  #BFEFEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFEFEA?

#BFEFEA is Pale Teal, a teal color (RGB 191, 239, 234). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFEFEA?

#BFEFEA is RGB 191, 239, 234 — HSL 174°, 60%, 84% — CMYK 20%, 0%, 2%, 6%.

What colors go with #BFEFEA?

Its complement is #EFBEC3; analogous partners are #BEEFD1 and #BEDBEF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFEFEA for text?

Black text on #BFEFEA has a contrast ratio of 16.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.