#BBEAED

sRGB: 187 / 234 / 237

Ancient mountains rise against oblivion
Immortal legends awaken beneath celestial skies
Infinite wonders shatter the chains of fate

#BBEAED belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 187 red, 234 green and 237 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 183.6° lands in the cyan region. Its 58.1% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.1% 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 (16.10:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 187, 234, 237
HSL: 183.60°, 58.14%, 83.14%
HSV / HSB: 183.60°, 21.10%, 92.94%
CMYK (approx.): 21.10%, 1.27%, 0.00%, 7.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 65.199, 75.524, 91.266
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.638, -14.368, -6.426
WCAG relative luminance: 0.75525
24-bit decimal: 12315373

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 #BBEAED 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: 16.10:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.30:1

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

#EDBEBB sits half a turn (180°) from #BBEAED 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.

#BBEAED #EDBEBB

Analogous

#BBEDD7 and #BBD1ED sit 30° to either side of #BBEAED. 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.

#BBEDD7 #BBEAED #BBD1ED

Triadic

#BBEAED, #EDBBEA and #EAEDBB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BBEAED #EDBBEA #EAEDBB

Split complementary

Start at #BBEAED and look across the wheel. #EDBBD1 and #EDD7BB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BBEAED #EDBBD1 #EDD7BB

Square

Starting with #BBEAED, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D7BBED, #EDBEBB, then #D1EDBB. Across the square, #BBEAED pairs with #EDBEBB, and #D7BBED with #D1EDBB.

#BBEAED #D7BBED #EDBEBB #D1EDBB

Tetradic

#BBEAED and #EDBEBB are opposites, as are #BEBBED and #EAEDBB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BBEAED #BEBBED #EDBEBB #EAEDBB

Tints

Mixing #BBEAED with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9EEF1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1FBFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#BBEAED #C9EEF1 #D6F2F4 #E4F7F8 #F1FBFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BBEAED with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96BBBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #252F2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#BBEAED #96BBBE #708C8E #4B5E5F #252F2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #BBEAED with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFD5D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9596, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BBEAED #AFD5D7 #A3C0C1 #98AAAC #8C9596 #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

#BBEAED

RGB

rgb(187 234 237)

HSL

hsl(183.600 58.140% 83.137%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BBEAED uses 187 red, 234 green and 237 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.3%

Green 91.8%

Blue 92.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BBEAED is 21.1% cyan, 1.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 21.1%

Magenta 1.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.1%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #BBEEEE Nearest web-safe: #CCFFFF

Gradient to complement

#BBEAED #C3E3E5 #CCDBDC #D4D4D4 #DCCDCC #E5C5C3 #EDBEBB

Color vision previews

Compare how #BBEAED 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.

#E3E6ED

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.

#DADEED

Tritanopia

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

#ABEEEB

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.

#D6E6ED

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.

#D1E3ED

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BAEAEC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E1E1E1

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.

#CFE6E7

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 0.82279 B 0.84687

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 0.77035 G 0.91230 B 0.92566

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.55478 G 0.81197 B 0.83915

CIE xyY

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

x 0.281 y 0.326 Y 75.524

CMY

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

C % 26.667 M % 8.235 Y % 7.059

Binary RGB

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

10111011 11101010 11101101