#BCCEC2

sRGB: 188 / 206 / 194

Ancient mountains pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits disappear into mist

#BCCEC2 belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 188 red, 206 green and 194 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 140.0° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 15.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.3% 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 (12.75:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 188, 206, 194
HSL: 140.00°, 15.52%, 77.25%
HSV / HSB: 140.00°, 8.74%, 80.78%
CMYK (approx.): 8.74%, 0.00%, 5.83%, 19.22%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 52.545, 58.729, 59.608
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.142, -8.351, 3.887
WCAG relative luminance: 0.58729
24-bit decimal: 12373698

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 #BCCEC2 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: 12.75:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.65:1

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

#CEBCC8 sits half a turn (180°) from #BCCEC2 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.

#BCCEC2 #CEBCC8

Analogous

#BFCEBC and #BCCECB sit 30° to either side of #BCCEC2. 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.

#BFCEBC #BCCEC2 #BCCECB

Triadic

#BCCEC2, #C2BCCE and #CEC2BC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BCCEC2 #C2BCCE #CEC2BC

Split complementary

Start at #BCCEC2 and look across the wheel. #CBBCCE and #CEBCBF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BCCEC2 #CBBCCE #CEBCBF

Square

Starting with #BCCEC2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCBFCE, #CEBCC8, then #CECBBC. Across the square, #BCCEC2 pairs with #CEBCC8, and #BCBFCE with #CECBBC.

#BCCEC2 #BCBFCE #CEBCC8 #CECBBC

Tetradic

#BCCEC2 and #CEBCC8 are opposites, as are #BCC8CE and #CEC2BC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BCCEC2 #BCC8CE #CEBCC8 #CEC2BC

Tints

Mixing #BCCEC2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9D8CE, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F5F3, the mixture is 80% white.

#BCCEC2 #C9D8CE #D7E2DA #E4EBE7 #F2F5F3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BCCEC2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96A59B, keeps 80% of the original. By #262927, the mixture is 80% black.

#BCCEC2 #96A59B #717C74 #4B524E #262927 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BCCEC2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0BEB5, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C908D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BCCEC2 #B0BEB5 #A4AFA8 #989F9A #8C908D #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

#BCCEC2

RGB

rgb(188 206 194)

HSL

hsl(140.000 15.517% 77.255%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BCCEC2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BCCEC2 uses 188 red, 206 green and 194 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.7%

Green 80.8%

Blue 76.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BCCEC2 is 8.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 5.8% yellow and 19.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 8.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 5.8%

Black 19.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBCCBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BCB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BCCEC2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#BCCEC2 #BFCBC3 #C2C8C4 #C5C5C5 #C8C2C6 #CBBFC7 #CEBCC8

Color vision previews

Compare how #BCCEC2 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.

#CECBC1

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.

#CAC9C3

Tritanopia

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

#B9CECA

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.

#C8CCC2

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.

#C6CAC2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BCCEC5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C9C9C9

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.

#C3CCC6

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 0.50289 G 0.61721 B 0.53948

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 0.75042 G 0.80563 B 0.76393

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.52318 G 0.61341 B 0.54448

CIE xyY

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

x 0.307 y 0.344 Y 58.729

CMY

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

C % 26.275 M % 19.216 Y % 23.922

Binary RGB

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

10111100 11001110 11000010