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#BBFAEF

#bbfaef ≈ Celeste

  • teal
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bbfaef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 169.52°, 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 18.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Celeste (#b2ffff), ΔE 4.61.

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Relative luminance0.8517

Complementary

  1. #bbfaef
  2. #fabbc6

Split complementary

  1. #bbfaef
  2. #fabbe6
  3. #fad0bb

Analogous

  1. #bbfad0
  2. #bbfaef
  3. #bbe6fa

Triadic

  1. #bbfaef
  2. #efbbfa
  3. #faefbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbfaef
  2. #bbc6fa
  3. #fabbc6
  4. #faefbb

Square

  1. #bbfaef
  2. #d0bbfa
  3. #fabbc6
  4. #e6fabb

Monochromatic

  1. #2cf0cd
  2. #74f5de
  3. #bbfaef
  4. #ecfefb
  5. #ecfefb

Shades

#bbfaef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbfaef
  2. #a8e1d7
  3. #96c8bf
  4. #83afa7
  5. #70968f
  6. #5e7d78
  7. #4b6460
  8. #384b48
  9. #253230
  10. #131918
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbfaef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbfaef
  2. #c2fbf1
  3. #c9fbf2
  4. #cffcf4
  5. #d6fcf5
  6. #ddfdf7
  7. #e4fdf9
  8. #ebfefa
  9. #f1fefc
  10. #f8fffd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbfaef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbfaef
  2. #b5eee4
  3. #afe2d9
  4. #a9d5ce
  5. #a3c9c3
  6. #9ebdb8
  7. #98b1ac
  8. #92a5a1
  9. #8c9896
  10. #868c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 18.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eeeeee ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbf3ee ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f4f3ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e8eaf0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9fdf6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0f6ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8f1f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0fcf4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbfaef {
  color: #bbfaef;
}
Background
.bg-bbfaef {
  background-color: #bbfaef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbfaef {
  border: 2px solid #bbfaef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbfaef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 250 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 170 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbfaef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbfaef, #bbe6fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbfaef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 250 239 / 0.35);
}

#b2ffff Celeste ΔE 4.61 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 4.84 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 7.23 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 9.00 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 9.07 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.14 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.90 #440510 Inverted #eeeeee Grayscale 

Celeste
#bbfaef  rgb(187, 250, 239)  hsl(170, 86%, 86%)  Celeste
#fabbc6  rgb(250, 187, 198)  hsl(350, 86%, 86%)  Pink
#efbbfa  rgb(239, 187, 250)  hsl(290, 86%, 86%)  Mauve
#faefbb  rgb(250, 239, 187)  hsl(50, 86%, 86%)  Blond