#BEE0E2Poolside (#BEE0E2) is a very light, muted blue-green with an OKLCH hue of 201°, lightness 0.88 and chroma 0.036. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #BEE0E2 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(190, 224, 226) |
| HSL | hsl(183, 38%, 82%) |
| HSV | hsv(183, 16%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(16%, 1%, 0%, 11%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(86.9 -10.7 -4.7) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.883 0.036 201) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Poolside shifts subtly: leans toward green; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward sky blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#c9dbd3 — ΔE 2.2, shifts subtly: leans toward green#c6e1dd — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward green#bee0e2 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#bee1e5 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward sky blueTest Poolside in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.4:1 and against black 14.95:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#d9f9fb · #bee0e2 · #8ba9aa · #688284 · #475e5f · #293c3d
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#bee0e2 · #8fd1e3 · #86bad7 · #80a3c7 · #7b8db3 · #74779e
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#bee0e2 · #a8bad0 · #68a5a9 · #5b7ea7 · #2f696c · #334559
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#bee0e2 · #a5babb · #b37876 · #375a5d · #1c3c3e · #0b1f20
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#bee0e2 · #c2b9b8 · #798687 · #534d4d · #162323 · #020101
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#bee0e2 · #8fa0a1 · #304546 · #112729 · #000607 · #e44e57
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#bee0e2 · #8fa0a1 · #304546 · #112729 · #000607 · #eebc4d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#bee0e2 · #cab6b5 · #a47574 · #723d3d · #391112 · #000203
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bee0e2 · #cab6b5 · #a07487 · #6f4226 · #351124 · #0f0200
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#bee0e2 · #c2b7c4 · #947899 · #644a17 · #2d1d00 · #030004
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#bee0e2 · #bbb9c9 · #837da5 · #723d3d · #212200 · #050000
#C6E4E6 · #CEE8E9 · #D6ECED · #DEF0F0 · #E6F3F4
#99B7B9 · #759091 · #536A6C · #334748 · #162627
#C4DEE0 · #CADDDE · #CFDBDC
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.