#BBDCBD

sRGB: 187 / 220 / 189

Ancient mountains rise against oblivion
Electric visions thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#BBDCBD belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 187 red, 220 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 123.6° lands in the green region. Its 32.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.8% 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 (14.09:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 187, 220, 189
HSL: 123.64°, 32.04%, 79.80%
HSV / HSB: 123.64°, 15.00%, 86.27%
CMYK (approx.): 15.00%, 0.00%, 14.09%, 13.73%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.269, 65.425, 57.862
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.702, -16.723, 11.638
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65425
24-bit decimal: 12311741

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 #BBDCBD 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: 14.09:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.49:1

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

#DCBBDA sits half a turn (180°) from #BBDCBD 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.

#BBDCBD #DCBBDA

Analogous

#CADCBB and #BBDCCE sit 30° to either side of #BBDCBD. 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.

#CADCBB #BBDCBD #BBDCCE

Triadic

#BBDCBD, #BDBBDC and #DCBDBB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BBDCBD #BDBBDC #DCBDBB

Split complementary

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

#BBDCBD #CEBBDC #DCBBCA

Square

Starting with #BBDCBD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBCADC, #DCBBDA, then #DCCEBB. Across the square, #BBDCBD pairs with #DCBBDA, and #BBCADC with #DCCEBB.

#BBDCBD #BBCADC #DCBBDA #DCCEBB

Tetradic

#BBDCBD and #DCBBDA are opposites, as are #BBDADC and #DCBDBB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BBDCBD #BBDADC #DCBBDA #DCBDBB

Tints

Mixing #BBDCBD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9E3CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1F8F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#BBDCBD #C9E3CA #D6EAD7 #E4F1E5 #F1F8F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BBDCBD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96B097, keeps 80% of the original. By #252C26, the mixture is 80% black.

#BBDCBD #96B097 #708471 #4B584C #252C26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BBDCBD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFCAB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C928C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BBDCBD #AFCAB1 #A3B7A5 #98A598 #8C928C #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

#BBDCBD

RGB

rgb(187 220 189)

HSL

hsl(123.636 32.039% 79.804%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BBDCBD uses 187 red, 220 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.3%

Green 86.3%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BBDCBD is 15.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 14.1% yellow and 13.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 15.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 14.1%

Black 13.7%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#BBDCBD #C1D7C2 #C6D1C7 #CCCCCC #D1C6D0 #D7C1D5 #DCBBDA

Color vision previews

Compare how #BBDCBD 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.

#DDD6BB

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.

#D7D2BE

Tritanopia

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

#B8DAD3

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.

#D2D7BC

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.

#D0D5BE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BCDBC5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D3D3D3

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.

#C8D8C9

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 0.71569 B 0.50888

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 0.75844 G 0.85885 B 0.75072

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.53577 G 0.70843 B 0.52365

CIE xyY

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

x 0.310 y 0.366 Y 65.425

CMY

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

C % 26.667 M % 13.725 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

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

10111011 11011100 10111101