#BCDECA

sRGB: 188 / 222 / 202

Ancient mountains pierce eternal darkness
Electric visions transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits illuminate hidden worlds

#BCDECA belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 188 red, 222 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 144.7° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 34.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.4% 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 (14.44:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 188, 222, 202
HSL: 144.71°, 34.00%, 80.39%
HSV / HSB: 144.71°, 15.32%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 15.32%, 0.00%, 9.01%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 57.518, 67.197, 65.819
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.604, -15.023, 6.084
WCAG relative luminance: 0.67198
24-bit decimal: 12377802

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 #BCDECA 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: 14.44:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.45:1

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

#DEBCD0 sits half a turn (180°) from #BCDECA 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.

#BCDECA #DEBCD0

Analogous

#BFDEBC and #BCDEDB sit 30° to either side of #BCDECA. 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.

#BFDEBC #BCDECA #BCDEDB

Triadic

#BCDECA, #CABCDE and #DECABC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BCDECA #CABCDE #DECABC

Split complementary

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

#BCDECA #DBBCDE #DEBCBF

Square

Starting with #BCDECA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCBFDE, #DEBCD0, then #DEDBBC. Across the square, #BCDECA pairs with #DEBCD0, and #BCBFDE with #DEDBBC.

#BCDECA #BCBFDE #DEBCD0 #DEDBBC

Tetradic

#BCDECA and #DEBCD0 are opposites, as are #BCD0DE and #DECABC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BCDECA #BCD0DE #DEBCD0 #DECABC

Tints

Mixing #BCDECA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9E5D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F8F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#BCDECA #C9E5D5 #D7EBDF #E4F2EA #F2F8F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BCDECA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96B2A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #262C28, the mixture is 80% black.

#BCDECA #96B2A2 #718579 #4B5951 #262C28 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BCDECA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0CBBB, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C938F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BCDECA #B0CBBB #A4B8AC #98A69E #8C938F #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

#BCDECA

RGB

rgb(188 222 202)

HSL

hsl(144.706 34.000% 80.392%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BCDECA uses 188 red, 222 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.7%

Green 87.1%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BCDECA is 15.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 9.0% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 15.3%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 9.0%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#BCDECA #C2D8CB #C7D3CC #CDCDCD #D3C7CE #D8C2CF #DEBCD0

Color vision previews

Compare how #BCDECA 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.

#DDD9C9

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.

#D7D4CB

Tritanopia

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

#B6DED8

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.

#D2DACA

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.

#D0D8CB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BCDDCF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D6D6D6

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.

#CADAD0

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 0.73046 B 0.59062

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 0.76318 G 0.86659 B 0.79729

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.54329 G 0.72291 B 0.59924

CIE xyY

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

x 0.302 y 0.353 Y 67.197

CMY

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

C % 26.275 M % 12.941 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

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

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