#BBDFAE

sRGB: 187 / 223 / 174

Ancient mountains rise against oblivion
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Brilliant stars transcend the limits of dreams

#BBDFAE belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 187 red, 223 green and 174 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 104.1° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 43.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.8% 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 (14.28:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 187, 223, 174
HSL: 104.08°, 43.36%, 77.84%
HSV / HSB: 104.08°, 21.97%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 16.14%, 0.00%, 21.97%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.519, 66.395, 49.989
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.198, -20.757, 20.201
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66396
24-bit decimal: 12312494

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 #BBDFAE 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: 14.28:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.47:1

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

#D2AEDF sits half a turn (180°) from #BBDFAE 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.

#BBDFAE #D2AEDF

Analogous

#D3DFAE and #AEDFBA sit 30° to either side of #BBDFAE. 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.

#D3DFAE #BBDFAE #AEDFBA

Triadic

#BBDFAE, #AEBBDF and #DFAEBB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BBDFAE #AEBBDF #DFAEBB

Split complementary

Start at #BBDFAE and look across the wheel. #BAAEDF and #DFAED4 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BBDFAE #BAAEDF #DFAED4

Square

Starting with #BBDFAE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AED4DF, #D2AEDF, then #DFBAAE. Across the square, #BBDFAE pairs with #D2AEDF, and #AED4DF with #DFBAAE.

#BBDFAE #AED4DF #D2AEDF #DFBAAE

Tetradic

#BBDFAE and #D2AEDF are opposites, as are #AEDFD2 and #DFAEBB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BBDFAE #AEDFD2 #D2AEDF #DFAEBB

Tints

Mixing #BBDFAE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9E5BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1F9EF, the mixture is 80% white.

#BBDFAE #C9E5BE #D6ECCE #E4F2DF #F1F9EF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BBDFAE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96B28B, keeps 80% of the original. By #252D23, the mixture is 80% black.

#BBDFAE #96B28B #708668 #4B5946 #252D23 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BBDFAE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFCCA5, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9389, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BBDFAE #AFCCA5 #A3B99C #98A692 #8C9389 #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

#BBDFAE

RGB

rgb(187 223 174)

HSL

hsl(104.082 43.363% 77.843%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BBDFAE uses 187 red, 223 green and 174 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.3%

Green 87.5%

Blue 68.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BBDFAE is 16.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 22.0% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 16.1%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 22.0%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBDDAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BDA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BBDFAE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBDDAA Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#BBDFAE #BFD7B6 #C3CFBE #C7C7C7 #CABECF #CEB6D7 #D2AEDF

Color vision previews

Compare how #BBDFAE 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.

#E3D7AB

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.

#DDD4B0

Tritanopia

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

#BADBD2

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.

#D6D9AD

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.

#D3D7AF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BDDDBC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D5D5D5

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.

#C8DAC3

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 0.73791 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 0.76093 G 0.87030 B 0.69952

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.53972 G 0.72991 B 0.44731

CIE xyY

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

x 0.319 y 0.388 Y 66.395

CMY

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

C % 26.667 M % 12.549 Y % 31.765

Binary RGB

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

10111011 11011111 10101110