#BCEDDF

sRGB: 188 / 237 / 223

Ancient mountains pierce eternal darkness
Immortal legends illuminate forgotten empires
Fierce revelations echo beyond eternity

#BCEDDF belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 188 red, 237 green and 223 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 162.9° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 57.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.3% 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 (16.32:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 188, 237, 223
HSL: 162.86°, 57.65%, 83.33%
HSV / HSB: 162.86°, 20.68%, 92.94%
CMYK (approx.): 20.68%, 0.00%, 5.91%, 7.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 64.339, 76.586, 81.207
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.131, -18.440, 1.623
WCAG relative luminance: 0.76587
24-bit decimal: 12381663

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 #BCEDDF 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: 16.32:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.29:1

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

#EDBCCA sits half a turn (180°) from #BCEDDF 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.

#BCEDDF #EDBCCA

Analogous

#BCEDC7 and #BCE3ED sit 30° to either side of #BCEDDF. 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.

#BCEDC7 #BCEDDF #BCE3ED

Triadic

#BCEDDF, #DFBCED and #EDDFBC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BCEDDF #DFBCED #EDDFBC

Split complementary

Start at #BCEDDF and look across the wheel. #EDBCE3 and #EDC7BC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BCEDDF #EDBCE3 #EDC7BC

Square

Starting with #BCEDDF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C7BCED, #EDBCCA, then #E3EDBC. Across the square, #BCEDDF pairs with #EDBCCA, and #C7BCED with #E3EDBC.

#BCEDDF #C7BCED #EDBCCA #E3EDBC

Tetradic

#BCEDDF and #EDBCCA are opposites, as are #BCCAED and #EDDFBC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BCEDDF #BCCAED #EDBCCA #EDDFBC

Tints

Mixing #BCEDDF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9F1E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2FBF9, the mixture is 80% white.

#BCEDDF #C9F1E5 #D7F4EC #E4F8F2 #F2FBF9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BCEDDF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96BEB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #262F2D, the mixture is 80% black.

#BCEDDF #96BEB2 #718E86 #4B5F59 #262F2D #000000

Tones

Mixing #BCEDDF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0D7CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9693, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BCEDDF #B0D7CC #A4C1B9 #98ACA6 #8C9693 #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

#BCEDDF

RGB

rgb(188 237 223)

HSL

hsl(162.857 57.647% 83.333%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BCEDDF uses 188 red, 237 green and 223 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.7%

Green 92.9%

Blue 87.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BCEDDF is 20.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 5.9% yellow and 7.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 20.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 5.9%

Black 7.1%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#BCEDDF #C4E5DC #CCDDD8 #D5D5D5 #DDCCD1 #E5C4CE #EDBCCA

Color vision previews

Compare how #BCEDDF 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.

#E9E7DE

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.

#E0E0E0

Tritanopia

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

#B0EEE9

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.

#DAE8DF

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.

#D6E5E0

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BCEDE2

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E3E3E3

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.

#D1E8E1

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 0.84687 B 0.73791

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 0.77601 G 0.92386 B 0.87654

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.56396 G 0.83545 B 0.74178

CIE xyY

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

x 0.290 y 0.345 Y 76.586

CMY

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

C % 26.275 M % 7.059 Y % 12.549

Binary RGB

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

10111100 11101101 11011111