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#CAFCEE — Pale Vivid Teal

#CAFCEE is a teal color we call Pale Vivid Teal, closest to the named color PaleTurquoise (#AFEEEE). It belongs to the teal family.

#CAFCEE 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 #FCCAD8; it also sits naturally between #CAFCD5 and #CAF1FC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAFCEE · RGB 202, 252, 238

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Color values

HEX#CAFCEE
RGB202, 252, 238
HSL163°, 89%, 89%
HSV163°, 20%, 99%
CMYK20%, 0%, 6%, 1%
XYZ74.60, 88.35, 94.01
Yxy88.35, 0.2903, 0.3438
CIE-Lab95.31, -18.56, 1.47
Hunter Lab93.99, -18.09, 1.43

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 99% · Blue 93%

Cyan 20% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 6% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CAFCEE

.text { color: #CAFCEE; }
.background { background-color: #CAFCEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAFCEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 252, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(163, 89%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAFCEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 252, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAFCEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 252, 238, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CAFCEE

#A3FAE1#78F7D3#51F5C7#26F2B9#0DE3A6#0BB786#08916A#06654A#043F2E#01130E

Tints of #CAFCEE

#CFFCEF#CFFCEF#D4FCF1#D8FDF2#DDFDF4#DDFDF4#E2FDF6#E7FEF7#E7FEF7#ECFEF9

Tones of #CAFCEE

#CEF8EC#D1F5EB#D5F1E9#D8EEE8#DCEAE6#DFE7E5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FCCAD8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.12:1 Fails
Against black text18.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAFCEE: #000000.

How #CAFCEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E0E0F1Deuteranopia · #DDD9F2Tritanopia · #CCF4F5

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 #CAFCEE rather than the exact color:

Tranquil Ruby Mirage
#C9F8EA · #70EBC7 · #148564 · #157055
Palette 3674b5
#3674B5 · #578FCA · #A1E3F9 · #D1F8EF
Palette Faf7f0
#FAF7F0 · #CDFCF6 · #BCCEF8 · #98A8F8
Palette Ebfffa
#EBFFFA · #C6FCE5 · #6EF3D6 · #0DCEDA
Frozen Solace
#F0F0C2 · #BEEABA · #D3F6F0 · #B2C0EA
Palette Cff5e7
#CFF5E7 · #A0E4CB · #59C1BD · #0D4C92

Similar colors

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

#C9F8EA#D1F8EF#CDFCF6#C6FCE5#D3F6F0#CFF5E7#C9F7E4#C5FFF8#CCF2F4#CAF7E3#CFF1EF#CCFBFA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAFCED  ·  #CAFCEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAFCEE?

#CAFCEE is Pale Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 202, 252, 238). Its closest standard named color is PaleTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAFCEE?

#CAFCEE is RGB 202, 252, 238 — HSL 163°, 89%, 89% — CMYK 20%, 0%, 6%, 1%.

What colors go with #CAFCEE?

Its complement is #FCCAD8; analogous partners are #CAFCD5 and #CAF1FC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAFCEE for text?

Black text on #CAFCEE has a contrast ratio of 18.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.12:1.