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#bef8ea ≈ Pale Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bef8ea is a color from the teal family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 97.25% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.65% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 165.52°, with 80.56% saturation and 85.88% 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 17.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Turquoise (#afeeee), ΔE 5.76.

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Relative luminance0.8402

Complementary

  1. #bef8ea
  2. #f8becc

Split complementary

  1. #bef8ea
  2. #f8bee9
  3. #f8cdbe

Analogous

  1. #bef8cd
  2. #bef8ea
  3. #bee9f8

Triadic

  1. #bef8ea
  2. #eabef8
  3. #f8eabe

Tetradic

  1. #bef8ea
  2. #beccf8
  3. #f8becc
  4. #f8eabe

Square

  1. #bef8ea
  2. #cdbef8
  3. #f8becc
  4. #e9f8be

Monochromatic

  1. #34e9bd
  2. #79f1d4
  3. #bef8ea
  4. #edfdf9
  5. #edfdf9

Shades

#bef8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bef8ea
  2. #abdfd3
  3. #98c6bb
  4. #85aea4
  5. #72958c
  6. #5f7c75
  7. #4c635e
  8. #394a46
  9. #26322f
  10. #131917
  11. #000000

Tints

#bef8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bef8ea
  2. #c5f9ec
  3. #cbf9ee
  4. #d2faf0
  5. #d8fbf2
  6. #dffcf5
  7. #e5fcf7
  8. #ecfdf9
  9. #f2fefb
  10. #f9fefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bef8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bef8ea
  2. #b8ecdf
  3. #b2e0d5
  4. #abd4ca
  5. #a5c8c0
  6. #9fbcb5
  7. #99b0aa
  8. #93a4a0
  9. #8c9895
  10. #868c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbf1eb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f3f1e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e8e9eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #affaf4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0f4ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9efeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5f9f0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bef8ea {
  color: #bef8ea;
}
Background
.bg-bef8ea {
  background-color: #bef8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bef8ea {
  border: 2px solid #bef8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bef8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 248 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 166 81% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bef8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bef8ea, #bee9f8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bef8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 248 234 / 0.35);
}

#afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.76 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 6.05 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 6.19 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 8.82 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 9.06 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.61 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 10.48 #410715 Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

Pale Turquoise
#bef8ea  rgb(190, 248, 234)  hsl(166, 81%, 86%)  Pale Turquoise
#f8becc  rgb(248, 190, 204)  hsl(346, 81%, 86%)  Bubble Gum
#eabef8  rgb(234, 190, 248)  hsl(286, 81%, 86%)  Mauve
#f8eabe  rgb(248, 234, 190)  hsl(46, 81%, 86%)  Blond