#BBDFAF

sRGB: 187 / 223 / 175

Ancient mountains rise against oblivion
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Brilliant stars echo beyond eternity

#BBDFAF belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 187 red, 223 green and 175 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 105.0° lands in the green region. Its 42.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.0% 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 (14.29:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 187, 223, 175
HSL: 105.00°, 42.86%, 78.04%
HSV / HSB: 105.00°, 21.52%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 16.14%, 0.00%, 21.52%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.617, 66.435, 50.505
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.218, -20.595, 19.706
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66435
24-bit decimal: 12312495

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 #BBDFAF 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: 14.29:1

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

#D3AFDF sits half a turn (180°) from #BBDFAF 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.

#BBDFAF #D3AFDF

Analogous

#D3DFAF and #AFDFBB sit 30° to either side of #BBDFAF. 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.

#D3DFAF #BBDFAF #AFDFBB

Triadic

#BBDFAF, #AFBBDF and #DFAFBB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BBDFAF #AFBBDF #DFAFBB

Split complementary

Start at #BBDFAF and look across the wheel. #BBAFDF and #DFAFD3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BBDFAF #BBAFDF #DFAFD3

Square

Starting with #BBDFAF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AFD3DF, #D3AFDF, then #DFBBAF. Across the square, #BBDFAF pairs with #D3AFDF, and #AFD3DF with #DFBBAF.

#BBDFAF #AFD3DF #D3AFDF #DFBBAF

Tetradic

#BBDFAF and #D3AFDF are opposites, as are #AFDFD3 and #DFAFBB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BBDFAF #AFDFD3 #D3AFDF #DFAFBB

Tints

Mixing #BBDFAF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9E5BF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1F9EF, the mixture is 80% white.

#BBDFAF #C9E5BF #D6ECCF #E4F2DF #F1F9EF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BBDFAF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96B28C, keeps 80% of the original. By #252D23, the mixture is 80% black.

#BBDFAF #96B28C #708669 #4B5946 #252D23 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BBDFAF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFCCA6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9389, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BBDFAF #AFCCA6 #A3B99C #98A693 #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

#BBDFAF

RGB

rgb(187 223 175)

HSL

hsl(105.000 42.857% 78.039%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BBDFAF uses 187 red, 223 green and 175 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.3%

Green 87.5%

Blue 68.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BBDFAF is 16.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 21.5% 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 21.5%

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 #BBDFAF 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

#BBDFAF #BFD7B7 #C3CFBF #C7C7C7 #CBBFCF #CFB7D7 #D3AFDF

Color vision previews

Compare how #BBDFAF 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.

#E3D7AC

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.

#DDD4B1

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.

#D6D9AE

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.

#D3D7B0

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BDDDBD

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 0.42869

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 0.70298

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.53972 G 0.72991 B 0.45224

CIE xyY

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

x 0.318 y 0.387 Y 66.435

CMY

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

C % 26.667 M % 12.549 Y % 31.373

Binary RGB

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

10111011 11011111 10101111