#BBC8BB

sRGB: 187 / 200 / 187

Ancient mountains rise against oblivion
Majestic waterfalls echo between distant mountains
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#BBC8BB belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 187 red, 200 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 120.0° lands in the green region. Its 10.6% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 75.9% 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 (12.09:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 187, 200, 187
HSL: 120.00°, 10.57%, 75.88%
HSV / HSB: 120.00°, 6.50%, 78.43%
CMYK (approx.): 6.50%, 0.00%, 6.50%, 21.57%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 50.115, 55.461, 55.080
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 79.306, -6.863, 4.973
WCAG relative luminance: 0.55461
24-bit decimal: 12306619

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 #BBC8BB 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: 12.09:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.74:1

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

#C8BBC8 sits half a turn (180°) from #BBC8BB 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.

#BBC8BB #C8BBC8

Analogous

#C2C8BB and #BBC8C2 sit 30° to either side of #BBC8BB. 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.

#C2C8BB #BBC8BB #BBC8C2

Triadic

#BBC8BB, #BBBBC8 and #C8BBBB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BBC8BB #BBBBC8 #C8BBBB

Split complementary

Start at #BBC8BB and look across the wheel. #C2BBC8 and #C8BBC2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BBC8BB #C2BBC8 #C8BBC2

Square

Starting with #BBC8BB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBC2C8, #C8BBC8, then #C8C2BB. Across the square, #BBC8BB pairs with #C8BBC8, and #BBC2C8 with #C8C2BB.

#BBC8BB #BBC2C8 #C8BBC8 #C8C2BB

Tetradic

#BBC8BB and #C8BBC8 are opposites, as are #BBC8C8 and #C8BBBB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BBC8BB #BBC8C8 #C8BBC8 #C8BBBB

Tints

Mixing #BBC8BB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9D3C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1F4F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#BBC8BB #C9D3C9 #D6DED6 #E4E9E4 #F1F4F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BBC8BB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96A096, keeps 80% of the original. By #252825, the mixture is 80% black.

#BBC8BB #96A096 #707870 #4B504B #252825 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BBC8BB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFBAAF, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C8E8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BBC8BB #AFBAAF #A3ABA3 #989D98 #8C8E8C #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

#BBC8BB

RGB

rgb(187 200 187)

HSL

hsl(120.000 10.569% 75.882%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BBC8BB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BBC8BB uses 187 red, 200 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.3%

Green 78.4%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BBC8BB is 6.5% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 6.5% yellow and 21.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.5%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 6.5%

Black 21.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBCCBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BCB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BBC8BB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBCCBB Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#BBC8BB #BDC6BD #BFC4BF #C2C2C2 #C4BFC4 #C6BDC6 #C8BBC8

Color vision previews

Compare how #BBC8BB 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.

#C9C5BA

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.

#C6C4BC

Tritanopia

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

#BAC7C4

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.

#C4C6BB

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.

#C3C5BB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BBC7BE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C4C4C4

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.

#C0C6C0

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 0.49693 G 0.57758 B 0.49693

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 0.74272 G 0.78269 B 0.73718

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.51125 G 0.57490 B 0.50277

CIE xyY

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

x 0.312 y 0.345 Y 55.461

CMY

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

C % 26.667 M % 21.569 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

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

10111011 11001000 10111011