#BCFEBE

sRGB: 188 / 254 / 190

Ancient mountains pierce eternal darkness
Unbridled forces transcend the boundaries of time
Eternal flames transcend the limits of dreams

#BCFEBE belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 188 red, 254 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 121.8° lands in the green region. Its 97.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.7% 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 (18.06:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 188, 254, 190
HSL: 121.82°, 97.06%, 86.67%
HSV / HSB: 121.82°, 25.98%, 99.61%
CMYK (approx.): 25.98%, 0.00%, 25.20%, 0.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 65.472, 85.291, 61.730
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 94.008, -32.592, 24.152
WCAG relative luminance: 0.85293
24-bit decimal: 12385982

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 #BCFEBE 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: 18.06:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.16:1

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

#FEBCFC sits half a turn (180°) from #BCFEBE 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.

#BCFEBE #FEBCFC

Analogous

#DBFEBC and #BCFEDF sit 30° to either side of #BCFEBE. 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.

#DBFEBC #BCFEBE #BCFEDF

Triadic

#BCFEBE, #BEBCFE and #FEBEBC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BCFEBE #BEBCFE #FEBEBC

Split complementary

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

#BCFEBE #DFBCFE #FEBCDB

Square

Starting with #BCFEBE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCDBFE, #FEBCFC, then #FEDFBC. Across the square, #BCFEBE pairs with #FEBCFC, and #BCDBFE with #FEDFBC.

#BCFEBE #BCDBFE #FEBCFC #FEDFBC

Tetradic

#BCFEBE and #FEBCFC are opposites, as are #BCFCFE and #FEBEBC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BCFEBE #BCFCFE #FEBCFC #FEBEBC

Tints

Mixing #BCFEBE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9FECB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2FFF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#BCFEBE #C9FECB #D7FED8 #E4FFE5 #F2FFF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BCFEBE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96CB98, keeps 80% of the original. By #263326, the mixture is 80% black.

#BCFEBE #96CB98 #719872 #4B664C #263326 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BCFEBE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0E5B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C998C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BCFEBE #B0E5B2 #A4CCA5 #98B299 #8C998C #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

#BCFEBE

RGB

rgb(188 254 190)

HSL

hsl(121.818 97.059% 86.667%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BCFEBE uses 188 red, 254 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.7%

Green 99.6%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BCFEBE is 26.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 25.2% yellow and 0.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 26.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 25.2%

Black 0.4%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#BCFEBE #C7F3C8 #D2E8D3 #DDDDDD #E8D2E7 #F3C7F2 #FEBCFC

Color vision previews

Compare how #BCFEBE 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.

#FFF2BA

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.

#F6EBC1

Tritanopia

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

#B5FAED

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.

#EBF5BD

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.

#E7F2C0

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BEFCD0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EEEEEE

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.

#D7F6D8

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 0.99110 B 0.51492

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 0.79153 G 0.98888 B 0.76687

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.58956 G 0.97490 B 0.54919

CIE xyY

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

x 0.308 y 0.401 Y 85.291

CMY

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

C % 26.275 M % 0.392 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

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

10111100 11111110 10111110