#BBFCCE

sRGB: 187 / 252 / 206

Ancient mountains rise against oblivion
Unbridled forces thunder through timeless canyons
Boundless spirits transcend the limits of dreams

#BBFCCE belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 187 red, 252 green and 206 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 137.5° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 91.5% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.1% 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 (17.93:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 187, 252, 206
HSL: 137.54°, 91.55%, 86.08%
HSV / HSB: 137.54°, 25.79%, 98.82%
CMYK (approx.): 25.79%, 0.00%, 18.25%, 1.18%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.441, 84.640, 71.231
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.728, -29.215, 15.578
WCAG relative luminance: 0.84642
24-bit decimal: 12319950

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 #BBFCCE 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: 17.93:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.17:1

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

#FCBBE9 sits half a turn (180°) from #BBFCCE 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.

#BBFCCE #FCBBE9

Analogous

#C9FCBB and #BBFCEF sit 30° to either side of #BBFCCE. 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.

#C9FCBB #BBFCCE #BBFCEF

Triadic

#BBFCCE, #CEBBFC and #FCCEBB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BBFCCE #CEBBFC #FCCEBB

Split complementary

Start at #BBFCCE and look across the wheel. #EFBBFC and #FCBBC9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BBFCCE #EFBBFC #FCBBC9

Square

Starting with #BBFCCE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBC8FC, #FCBBE9, then #FCEFBB. Across the square, #BBFCCE pairs with #FCBBE9, and #BBC8FC with #FCEFBB.

#BBFCCE #BBC8FC #FCBBE9 #FCEFBB

Tetradic

#BBFCCE and #FCBBE9 are opposites, as are #BBE9FC and #FCCEBB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BBFCCE #BBE9FC #FCBBE9 #FCCEBB

Tints

Mixing #BBFCCE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9FDD8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1FEF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#BBFCCE #C9FDD8 #D6FDE2 #E4FEEB #F1FEF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BBFCCE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96CAA5, keeps 80% of the original. By #253229, the mixture is 80% black.

#BBFCCE #96CAA5 #70977C #4B6552 #253229 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BBFCCE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AFE3BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9990, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BBFCCE #AFE3BE #A3CAAF #98B29F #8C9990 #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

#BBFCCE

RGB

rgb(187 252 206)

HSL

hsl(137.538 91.549% 86.078%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BBFCCE uses 187 red, 252 green and 206 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.3%

Green 98.8%

Blue 80.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BBFCCE is 25.8% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 18.3% yellow and 1.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 25.8%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 18.3%

Black 1.2%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #BBFFCC Nearest web-safe: #CCFFCC

Gradient to complement

#BBFCCE #C6F1D3 #D1E6D7 #DCDCDC #E6D1E0 #F1C6E5 #FCBBE9

Color vision previews

Compare how #BBFCCE 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.

#FCF1CC

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.

#F1EAD0

Tritanopia

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

#B1FAEF

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.

#E8F4CD

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.

#E3F0D0

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BCFADB

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EDEDED

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.

#D6F5DE

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 0.97345 B 0.61721

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 0.78670 G 0.98114 B 0.82152

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.58153 G 0.95763 B 0.64094

CIE xyY

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

x 0.299 y 0.381 Y 84.640

CMY

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

C % 26.667 M % 1.176 Y % 19.216

Binary RGB

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

10111011 11111100 11001110