#B2EFCB

sRGB: 178 / 239 / 203

Ancient mountains drift beyond memory
Immortal legends transform the fabric of existence
Boundless spirits defy the passing ages

#B2EFCB belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 178 red, 239 green and 203 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 144.6° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 65.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (16.10:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 178, 239, 203
HSL: 144.59°, 65.59%, 81.76%
HSV / HSB: 144.59°, 25.52%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 25.52%, 0.00%, 15.06%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.003, 75.508, 67.915
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.631, -26.377, 11.251
WCAG relative luminance: 0.75510
24-bit decimal: 11726795

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #B2EFCB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 16.10:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.30:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#EFB2D6 sits half a turn (180°) from #B2EFCB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#B2EFCB #EFB2D6

Analogous

#B8EFB2 and #B2EFE9 sit 30° to either side of #B2EFCB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#B8EFB2 #B2EFCB #B2EFE9

Triadic

#B2EFCB, #CBB2EF and #EFCBB2 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#B2EFCB #CBB2EF #EFCBB2

Split complementary

Start at #B2EFCB and look across the wheel. #E9B2EF and #EFB2B8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#B2EFCB #E9B2EF #EFB2B8

Square

Starting with #B2EFCB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #B2B8EF, #EFB2D6, then #EFE9B2. Across the square, #B2EFCB pairs with #EFB2D6, and #B2B8EF with #EFE9B2.

#B2EFCB #B2B8EF #EFB2D6 #EFE9B2

Tetradic

#B2EFCB and #EFB2D6 are opposites, as are #B2D6EF and #EFCBB2. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#B2EFCB #B2D6EF #EFB2D6 #EFCBB2

Tints

Mixing #B2EFCB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C1F2D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F0FCF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#B2EFCB #C1F2D5 #D1F5E0 #E0F9EA #F0FCF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #B2EFCB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8EBFA2, keeps 80% of the original. By #243029, the mixture is 80% black.

#B2EFCB #8EBFA2 #6B8F7A #476051 #243029 #000000

Tones

Mixing #B2EFCB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A8D9BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #8A968F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#B2EFCB #A8D9BC #9EC3AD #94AC9E #8A968F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#B2EFCB

RGB

rgb(178 239 203)

HSL

hsl(144.590 65.591% 81.765%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #B2EFCB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#B2EFCB uses 178 red, 239 green and 203 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 69.8%

Green 93.7%

Blue 79.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #B2EFCB is 25.5% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 15.1% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 25.5%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 15.1%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AAEECC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AEC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #B2EFCB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99FFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AAEECC Nearest web-safe: #99FFCC

Gradient to complement

#B2EFCB #BCE5CD #C6DBCF #D1D1D1 #DBC6D2 #E5BCD4 #EFB2D6

Color vision previews

Compare how #B2EFCB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#EEE6C9

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E3DECD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#A7EEE5

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DBE8CA

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D6E4CC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B3EED5

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#E1E1E1

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#CBE8D7

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.44520 G 0.86316 B 0.59720

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.74800 G 0.93058 B 0.80589

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.51940 G 0.84928 B 0.61386

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.295 y 0.371 Y 75.508

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 30.196 M % 6.275 Y % 20.392

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10110010 11101111 11001011