#BCCECB

sRGB: 188 / 206 / 203

Ancient mountains pierce eternal darkness
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits defy the passing ages

#BCCECB belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 188 red, 206 green and 203 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 170.0° lands in the 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 (12.83:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 188, 206, 203
HSL: 170.00°, 15.52%, 77.25%
HSV / HSB: 170.00°, 8.74%, 80.78%
CMYK (approx.): 8.74%, 0.00%, 1.46%, 19.22%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 53.587, 59.145, 65.095
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.371, -6.644, -0.591
WCAG relative luminance: 0.59146
24-bit decimal: 12373707

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 #BCCECB 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: 12.83:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.64:1

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

#CEBCBF sits half a turn (180°) from #BCCECB 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.

#BCCECB #CEBCBF

Analogous

#BCCEC2 and #BCC8CE sit 30° to either side of #BCCECB. 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.

#BCCEC2 #BCCECB #BCC8CE

Triadic

#BCCECB, #CBBCCE and #CECBBC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BCCECB #CBBCCE #CECBBC

Split complementary

Start at #BCCECB and look across the wheel. #CEBCC8 and #CEC2BC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BCCECB #CEBCC8 #CEC2BC

Square

Starting with #BCCECB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C2BCCE, #CEBCBF, then #C8CEBC. Across the square, #BCCECB pairs with #CEBCBF, and #C2BCCE with #C8CEBC.

#BCCECB #C2BCCE #CEBCBF #C8CEBC

Tetradic

#BCCECB and #CEBCBF are opposites, as are #BCBFCE and #CECBBC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BCCECB #BCBFCE #CEBCBF #CECBBC

Tints

Mixing #BCCECB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9D8D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F5F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#BCCECB #C9D8D5 #D7E2E0 #E4EBEA #F2F5F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BCCECB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96A5A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #262929, the mixture is 80% black.

#BCCECB #96A5A2 #717C7A #4B5251 #262929 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BCCECB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0BEBC, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C908F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BCCECB #B0BEBC #A4AFAD #989F9E #8C908F #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

#BCCECB

RGB

rgb(188 206 203)

HSL

hsl(170.000 15.517% 77.255%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BCCECB uses 188 red, 206 green and 203 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.7%

Green 80.8%

Blue 79.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BCCECB is 8.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 1.5% 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 1.5%

Black 19.2%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#BCCECB #BFCBC9 #C2C8C7 #C5C5C5 #C8C2C3 #CBBFC1 #CEBCBF

Color vision previews

Compare how #BCCECB 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.

#CCCCCB

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.

#C8C9CB

Tritanopia

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

#B8CFCD

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.

#C6CCCB

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.

#C5CBCB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BCCECC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CACACA

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.

#C3CCCB

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 0.59720

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 0.79598

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.52318 G 0.61341 B 0.59704

CIE xyY

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

x 0.301 y 0.333 Y 59.145

CMY

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

C % 26.275 M % 19.216 Y % 20.392

Binary RGB

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

10111100 11001110 11001011