#BAFFAE

sRGB: 186 / 255 / 174

Ancient mountains flourish beyond boundaries
Unbridled forces transform the fabric of existence
Brilliant stars transcend the limits of dreams

#BAFFAE belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 186 red, 255 green and 174 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 111.1° lands in the green region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.1% 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 (18.00:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 186, 255, 174
HSL: 111.11°, 100.00%, 84.12%
HSV / HSB: 111.11°, 31.76%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 27.06%, 0.00%, 31.76%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 63.647, 85.014, 53.102
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.889, -36.219, 32.048
WCAG relative luminance: 0.85015
24-bit decimal: 12255150

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 #BAFFAE 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: 18.00:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.17:1

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

#F3AEFF sits half a turn (180°) from #BAFFAE 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.

#BAFFAE #F3AEFF

Analogous

#E2FFAE and #AEFFCB sit 30° to either side of #BAFFAE. 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.

#E2FFAE #BAFFAE #AEFFCB

Triadic

#BAFFAE, #AEBAFF and #FFAEBA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BAFFAE #AEBAFF #FFAEBA

Split complementary

Start at #BAFFAE and look across the wheel. #CAAEFF and #FFAEE3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BAFFAE #CAAEFF #FFAEE3

Square

Starting with #BAFFAE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AEE3FF, #F3AEFF, then #FFCAAE. Across the square, #BAFFAE pairs with #F3AEFF, and #AEE3FF with #FFCAAE.

#BAFFAE #AEE3FF #F3AEFF #FFCAAE

Tetradic

#BAFFAE and #F3AEFF are opposites, as are #AEFFF3 and #FFAEBA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BAFFAE #AEFFF3 #F3AEFF #FFAEBA

Tints

Mixing #BAFFAE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8FFBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1FFEF, the mixture is 80% white.

#BAFFAE #C8FFBE #D6FFCE #E3FFDF #F1FFEF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BAFFAE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #95CC8B, keeps 80% of the original. By #253323, the mixture is 80% black.

#BAFFAE #95CC8B #709968 #4A6646 #253323 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BAFFAE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AEE6A5, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9989, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BAFFAE #AEE6A5 #A3CC9C #97B392 #8C9989 #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

#BAFFAE

RGB

rgb(186 255 174)

HSL

hsl(111.111 100.000% 84.118%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BAFFAE uses 186 red, 255 green and 174 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 72.9%

Green 100.0%

Blue 68.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BAFFAE is 27.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 31.8% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 27.1%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 31.8%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBFFAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BFA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BAFFAE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFF99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBFFAA Nearest web-safe: #CCFF99

Gradient to complement

#BAFFAE #C4F2BC #CDE4C9 #D7D7D7 #E0C9E4 #EABCF2 #F3AEFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #BAFFAE 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.

#FFF2A9

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.

#F9EBB2

Tritanopia

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

#B5FAEA

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.

#EDF6AC

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.

#E8F2B1

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BDFCC6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EDEDED

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.

#D6F6D1

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 1.00000 B 0.42327

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 0.78661 G 0.99254 B 0.71263

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.58138 G 0.98310 B 0.46618

CIE xyY

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

x 0.315 y 0.421 Y 85.014

CMY

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

C % 27.059 M % 0.000 Y % 31.765

Binary RGB

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

10111010 11111111 10101110