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#BBFAEC

#bbfaec ≈ Celeste

  • teal
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbfaec is a color from the teal family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 98.04% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 166.67°, with 86.3% saturation and 85.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Celeste (#b2ffff), ΔE 5.64.

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Relative luminance0.8499

Complementary

  1. #bbfaec
  2. #fabbc9

Split complementary

  1. #bbfaec
  2. #fabbe9
  3. #facdbb

Analogous

  1. #bbfacd
  2. #bbfaec
  3. #bbe9fa

Triadic

  1. #bbfaec
  2. #ecbbfa
  3. #faecbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbfaec
  2. #bbc9fa
  3. #fabbc9
  4. #faecbb

Square

  1. #bbfaec
  2. #cdbbfa
  3. #fabbc9
  4. #e9fabb

Monochromatic

  1. #2cf0c4
  2. #74f5d8
  3. #bbfaec
  4. #ecfefa
  5. #ecfefa

Shades

#bbfaec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbfaec
  2. #a8e1d4
  3. #96c8bd
  4. #83afa5
  5. #70968e
  6. #5e7d76
  7. #4b645e
  8. #384b47
  9. #25322f
  10. #131918
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbfaec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbfaec
  2. #c2fbee
  3. #c9fbf0
  4. #cffcf2
  5. #d6fcf4
  6. #ddfdf6
  7. #e4fdf7
  8. #ebfef9
  9. #f1fefb
  10. #f8fffd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbfaec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbfaec
  2. #b5eee1
  3. #afe2d6
  4. #a9d5cc
  5. #a3c9c1
  6. #9ebdb6
  7. #98b1ab
  8. #92a5a0
  9. #8c9896
  10. #868c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ededed ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbf3ed ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f5f2eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9eaed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aafcf6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0f6ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8f1ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1fbf2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbfaec {
  color: #bbfaec;
}
Background
.bg-bbfaec {
  background-color: #bbfaec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbfaec {
  border: 2px solid #bbfaec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbfaec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 250 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 167 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbfaec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbfaec, #bbe9fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbfaec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 250 236 / 0.35);
}

#b2ffff Celeste ΔE 5.64 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.80 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 6.20 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 8.99 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 9.59 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 9.90 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.97 #440513 Inverted #ededed Grayscale 

Celeste
#bbfaec  rgb(187, 250, 236)  hsl(167, 86%, 86%)  Celeste
#fabbc9  rgb(250, 187, 201)  hsl(347, 86%, 86%)  Pink
#ecbbfa  rgb(236, 187, 250)  hsl(287, 86%, 86%)  Mauve
#faecbb  rgb(250, 236, 187)  hsl(47, 86%, 86%)  Blond