#BACEEF

sRGB: 186 / 206 / 239

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Infinite wonders echo beyond eternity

#BACEEF belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 186 red, 206 green and 239 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 217.4° lands in the azure region. Its 62.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.3% 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 (13.16:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 186, 206, 239
HSL: 217.36°, 62.35%, 83.33%
HSV / HSB: 217.36°, 22.18%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 22.18%, 13.81%, 0.00%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 57.898, 60.813, 90.352
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.278, 0.239, -18.483
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60814
24-bit decimal: 12242671

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 #BACEEF 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: 13.16:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.60:1

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

#EFDBBA sits half a turn (180°) from #BACEEF 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.

#BACEEF #EFDBBA

Analogous

#BAE9EF and #C1BAEF sit 30° to either side of #BACEEF. 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.

#BAE9EF #BACEEF #C1BAEF

Triadic

#BACEEF, #EFBACE and #CEEFBA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BACEEF #EFBACE #CEEFBA

Split complementary

Start at #BACEEF and look across the wheel. #EFC1BA and #E9EFBA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BACEEF #EFC1BA #E9EFBA

Square

Starting with #BACEEF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EFBAE9, #EFDBBA, then #BAEFC1. Across the square, #BACEEF pairs with #EFDBBA, and #EFBAE9 with #BAEFC1.

#BACEEF #EFBAE9 #EFDBBA #BAEFC1

Tetradic

#BACEEF and #EFDBBA are opposites, as are #DBBAEF and #CEEFBA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BACEEF #DBBAEF #EFDBBA #CEEFBA

Tints

Mixing #BACEEF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8D8F2, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1F5FC, the mixture is 80% white.

#BACEEF #C8D8F2 #D6E2F5 #E3EBF9 #F1F5FC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BACEEF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #95A5BF, keeps 80% of the original. By #252930, the mixture is 80% black.

#BACEEF #95A5BF #707C8F #4A5260 #252930 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BACEEF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AEBED9, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9096, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BACEEF #AEBED9 #A3AFC3 #979FAC #8C9096 #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

#BACEEF

RGB

rgb(186 206 239)

HSL

hsl(217.358 62.353% 83.333%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BACEEF uses 186 red, 206 green and 239 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 72.9%

Green 80.8%

Blue 93.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BACEEF is 22.2% cyan, 13.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 22.2%

Magenta 13.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #BBCCEE Nearest web-safe: #CCCCFF

Gradient to complement

#BACEEF #C3D0E6 #CCD2DD #D5D5D5 #DDD7CC #E6D9C3 #EFDBBA

Color vision previews

Compare how #BACEEF 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.

#C3CFF1

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.

#BECAEE

Tritanopia

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

#ACD5D9

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.

#C0CEF0

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.

#BDCCEF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#B8D0E7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CDCDCD

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.

#C4CDDF

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 0.49102 G 0.61721 B 0.86316

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 0.74413 G 0.80540 B 0.92559

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.51342 G 0.61302 B 0.83899

CIE xyY

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

x 0.277 y 0.291 Y 60.813

CMY

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

C % 27.059 M % 19.216 Y % 6.275

Binary RGB

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

10111010 11001110 11101111