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#bee1fe

a pale, electric blue · cool · closest name: Light Blue

Token name suggestion: Chalk Cobalt

RGB
190, 225, 254
HSL
207°, 97%, 87%
CMYK
25, 11, 0, 0
Luminance
0.7195

#bee1fe is a pale electric blue, 207° on the wheel and 99/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.39:1). As text it scores 1.36:1 on white — use #0375D3 instead. Nearest name is Light Blue, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(207 97% 87%)rgb(190 225 254)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bee1fe is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bee1fe
Hue
207°
blue
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
87%
pale
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7195
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
99/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
15.39:1
Closest name
Light Blue
ΔE2000 7.5
Chroma
18.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.894
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 19.1
Web-safe
#CCCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue207° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness87%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bee1fe.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool99% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red15%
Green75%
Blue10%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#bee1fe
HEX (8-digit)#bee1feff
RGBrgb(190, 225, 254)
RGBArgba(190, 225, 254, 1)
HSLhsl(207, 97%, 87%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207, 25%, 100%)
HWBhwb(207 75% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(25%, 11%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(88.0 -5.2 -17.9)
LCHlch(88.0 18.6 253.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.894 0.054 243.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(66.04, 71.95, 104.15)
Decimal12509694
Display P3color(display-p3 0.745 0.882 0.996)
Web-safe#CCCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bee1fe;
background-color: #bee1fe;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bee1fe;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bee1fe] bg-[#bee1fe]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bee1fe;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.745, green: 0.882, blue: 0.996)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.745, green: 0.882, blue: 0.996, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BEE1FE</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBEE1FE)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBEE1FE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(254, 225, 190)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(190, 225, 254)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(190, 225, 254)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 190, 225, 254)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7451f, 0.8824f, 0.9961f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{190,225,254}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bee1fe 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bee1fe 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#02467E, #D3E2EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bee1fe h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1F8FD;
  --brand-100: #E4F1FC;
  --brand-200: #bee1fe;
  --brand-300: #90CCFD;
  --brand-400: #59B2FC;
  --brand-500: #2299FC;
  --brand-600: #0485F1;
  --brand-700: #036FC9;
  --brand-800: #0259A1;
  --brand-900: #074274;
  --brand-950: #042948;
  --brand: #bee1fe;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F8FA;
  --brand-border: #C0D8ED;
  --brand-hover: #9BD1FD;
  --brand-pressed: #78C1FD;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141D24;
    --brand-ink: #D3E2EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1F8FD',
        100: '#E4F1FC',
        200: '#bee1fe',
        300: '#90CCFD',
        400: '#59B2FC',
        500: '#2299FC',
        600: '#0485F1',
        700: '#036FC9',
        800: '#0259A1',
        900: '#074274',
        950: '#042948',
        DEFAULT: '#bee1fe',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F1F8FD,
  '100': #E4F1FC,
  '200': #bee1fe,
  '300': #90CCFD,
  '400': #59B2FC,
  '500': #2299FC,
  '600': #0485F1,
  '700': #036FC9,
  '800': #0259A1,
  '900': #074274,
  '950': #042948,
);
$brand-base: #bee1fe;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1F8FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E4F1FC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#bee1fe", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#90CCFD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#59B2FC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#2299FC", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#0485F1", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#036FC9", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#0259A1", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#074274", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#042948", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #bee1fe · 15.39:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.36:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.39:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bee1fe as text scores 1.36:1 on white and 15.39:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #02467E at 7.06:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#0375D3 · 4.68:1
AA on white−45% L
#0375D3
The quick fox
#0259A1 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−55% L
#0259A1
The quick fox
#bee1fe · 15.39:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bee1fe
The quick fox
#bee1fe · 15.39:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bee1fe

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #1D97FC is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bee1fe on white: 1.36:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bee1fe on black: 15.39:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bee1fe as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bee1fe.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.36:1AaAa
Slate 501.30:1AaAa
Slate 1001.25:1AaAa
Slate 2001.11:1AaAa
Slate 3001.09:1AaAa
Slate 4001.88:1AaAa
Slate 5003.49:1AaAa
Slate 6005.55:1AaAa
Slate 7007.59:1AaAa
Slate 80010.72:1AaAa
Slate 90013.08:1AaAa
Black15.39:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D5E1FF
deuteranopia · #CDDAFD
tritanopia · #ACE8EA

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #bee1fe is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1F8FD
#E4F1FC
#bee1fe
#90CCFD
#59B2FC
#2299FC
#0485F1
#036FC9
#0259A1
#074274
#042948
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F1F8FDDarkest = 950 · #042948Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.014 243.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.022 243.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.033 243.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.043 243.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.050 243.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.054 243.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.054 243.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.051 243.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.046 243.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.038 243.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.030 243.4);
}

Colors that work with #bee1fe

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4F8FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0D8ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B769B
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC2B00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#02467E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6F3FF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141D24
Dark-mode background
Hover#9BD1FD
One step down in lightness
Pressed#78C1FD
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F5F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D2EAFF
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #bee1fe

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #02467E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #1D97FC

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight13/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#FEDBBE
Analogous left#BEFEFB
Analogous right#BEC1FE
Split-complement 1#FEBEC1
Split-complement 2#FEFBBE
Triadic 1#FEBEE1
Triadic 2#E1FEBE
Tetradic#FBBEFE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°207°

#bee1fe sits at 207°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.5%
Green88.2%
Blue99.6%
R · 0–255
190
0xbe
G · 0–255
225
0xe1
B · 0–255
254
0xfe

CMYK percentages

Cyan25.2%
Magenta11.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 37%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bee1fe text on a black background

contrast 15.39:1

Card sample

#bee1fe text on a white background

contrast 1.36:1

Card sample

#bee1fe on grey

1.25:1

#bee1fe on its own surface

1.28:1

#bee1fe on its dark surface

12.50:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bee1fe;
Background color
Panel with #bee1fe background
background-color: #bee1fe;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bee1fe;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(190, 225, 254, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(190, 225, 254, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bee1fe;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bee1fe, #C6BEFE);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bee1fe, #D6BEFE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bee1fe;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bee1fe;
caret-color: #bee1fe;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bee1fe;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6F3FF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bee1fe;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bee1fe 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bee1fe over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(190, 225, 254, 0.5)
rgb(190 225 254 / 50%)
#bee1fe80
hsl(207 97% 87% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bee1fe 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bee1fe1a#F9FCFF
20%#bee1fe33#F2F9FF
40%#bee1fe66#E5F3FF
60%#bee1fe99#D8EDFE
80%#bee1fecc#CBE7FE

Gradients from #bee1fe

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #EBF6FF, #bee1fe 45%, #02467E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bee1fe, #B3A0FE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bee1fe, #FEDBBE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F0F8FF 0%, #bee1fe 45%, #02467E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F8FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F0FFFD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DEDCFE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #02467E 0%, transparent 65%), #bee1fe;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bee1fe

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#bee1fe in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 15.39:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#bee1fe, answered

What color is #bee1fe?

#bee1fe is a pale electric blue, closest to Light Blue (ΔE2000 7.5). It sits at 207° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 87% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #bee1fe?

rgb(190, 225, 254) — 190 red, 225 green and 254 blue out of 255, or 74.5% / 88.2% / 99.6% by channel.

What is #bee1fe in HSL and HSV?

hsl(207, 97%, 87%) and hsv(207, 25%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bee1fe a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7195 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 15.39:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bee1fe?

Black. It scores 15.39:1 against #bee1fe, versus 1.36:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bee1fe accessible on a white background?

#bee1fe on white scores 1.36:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #0375D3 to reach 4.5:1, or #0259A1 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bee1fe?

#FEDBBE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FEBEC1 and #FEFBBE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bee1fe?

For interface work: #F4F8FA as the surface, #C0D8ED for borders, #4B769B for secondary text, #CC2B00 as an accent and #02467E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BEFEFB and #BEC1FE stays calm, while #FEDBBE is the loudest partner.

What is #bee1fe in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(25%, 11%, 0%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #bee1fe warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 99 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BECAFE; nudged cooler, #A4D0FF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bee1fe?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 19.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bee1fe as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bee1fe in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bee1fe] or text-[#bee1fe], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #bee1fe with 50% opacity?

rgba(190, 225, 254, 0.5), or #bee1fe80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DFF0FF; over black, #5F717F.

Is #bee1fe a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCFF, ΔE2000 13.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bee1fe mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #bee1fe?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EBF6FF, #bee1fe 45%, #02467E). For more colour, a short hue run to #B3A0FE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bee1fe in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bee1fe at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.