#BCFDEC

sRGB: 188 / 253 / 236

Ancient mountains pierce eternal darkness
Unbridled forces illuminate forgotten empires
Infinite wonders awaken sleeping galaxies

#BCFDEC belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 188 red, 253 green and 236 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 164.3° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 94.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.5% 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 (18.40:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 188, 253, 236
HSL: 164.31°, 94.20%, 86.47%
HSV / HSB: 164.31°, 25.69%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 25.69%, 0.00%, 6.72%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 71.001, 86.996, 92.411
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 94.737, -23.636, 1.580
WCAG relative luminance: 0.86998
24-bit decimal: 12385772

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 #BCFDEC 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: 18.40:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.14:1

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

#FDBCCD sits half a turn (180°) from #BCFDEC 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.

#BCFDEC #FDBCCD

Analogous

#BCFDCC and #BCEDFD sit 30° to either side of #BCFDEC. 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.

#BCFDCC #BCFDEC #BCEDFD

Triadic

#BCFDEC, #ECBCFD and #FDECBC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BCFDEC #ECBCFD #FDECBC

Split complementary

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

#BCFDEC #FDBCED #FDCCBC

Square

Starting with #BCFDEC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCBCFD, #FDBCCD, then #EDFDBC. Across the square, #BCFDEC pairs with #FDBCCD, and #CCBCFD with #EDFDBC.

#BCFDEC #CCBCFD #FDBCCD #EDFDBC

Tetradic

#BCFDEC and #FDBCCD are opposites, as are #BCCDFD and #FDECBC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BCFDEC #BCCDFD #FDBCCD #FDECBC

Tints

Mixing #BCFDEC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9FDF0, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2FFFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#BCFDEC #C9FDF0 #D7FEF4 #E4FEF7 #F2FFFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BCFDEC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96CABD, keeps 80% of the original. By #26332F, the mixture is 80% black.

#BCFDEC #96CABD #71988E #4B655E #26332F #000000

Tones

Mixing #BCFDEC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0E4D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9996, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BCFDEC #B0E4D6 #A4CBC1 #98B2AB #8C9996 #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

#BCFDEC

RGB

rgb(188 253 236)

HSL

hsl(164.308 94.203% 86.471%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BCFDEC uses 188 red, 253 green and 236 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.7%

Green 99.2%

Blue 92.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BCFDEC is 25.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 6.7% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 25.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 6.7%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #BBFFEE Nearest web-safe: #CCFFFF

Gradient to complement

#BCFDEC #C7F2E7 #D2E7E2 #DDDDDD #E7D2D7 #F2C7D2 #FDBCCD

Color vision previews

Compare how #BCFDEC 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.

#F8F5EB

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.

#ECECED

Tritanopia

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

#ABFFF8

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.

#E5F7EC

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.

#E0F2ED

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BCFDF0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F0F0F0

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.

#D8F7EE

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 0.98225 B 0.83880

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 0.79058 G 0.98506 B 0.92775

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.58799 G 0.96634 B 0.84345

CIE xyY

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

x 0.284 y 0.347 Y 86.996

CMY

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

C % 26.275 M % 0.784 Y % 7.451

Binary RGB

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

10111100 11111101 11101100