#BCFFEF

sRGB: 188 / 255 / 239

Ancient mountains pierce eternal darkness
Unbridled forces transform the fabric of existence
Infinite wonders echo beyond eternity

#BCFFEF belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 188 red, 255 green and 239 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 165.7° lands in the cyan region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.9% 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 (18.69:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 188, 255, 239
HSL: 165.67°, 100.00%, 86.86%
HSV / HSB: 165.67°, 26.27%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 26.27%, 0.00%, 6.27%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.075, 88.442, 94.937
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 95.347, -23.987, 0.922
WCAG relative luminance: 0.88443
24-bit decimal: 12386287

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 #BCFFEF 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: 18.69:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.12:1

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

#FFBCCC sits half a turn (180°) from #BCFFEF 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.

#BCFFEF #FFBCCC

Analogous

#BCFFCE and #BCEEFF sit 30° to either side of #BCFFEF. 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.

#BCFFCE #BCFFEF #BCEEFF

Triadic

#BCFFEF, #EFBCFF and #FFEFBC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BCFFEF #EFBCFF #FFEFBC

Split complementary

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

#BCFFEF #FFBCEE #FFCDBC

Square

Starting with #BCFFEF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CDBCFF, #FFBCCC, then #EEFFBC. Across the square, #BCFFEF pairs with #FFBCCC, and #CDBCFF with #EEFFBC.

#BCFFEF #CDBCFF #FFBCCC #EEFFBC

Tetradic

#BCFFEF and #FFBCCC are opposites, as are #BCCCFF and #FFEFBC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BCFFEF #BCCCFF #FFBCCC #FFEFBC

Tints

Mixing #BCFFEF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9FFF2, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2FFFC, the mixture is 80% white.

#BCFFEF #C9FFF2 #D7FFF5 #E4FFF9 #F2FFFC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BCFFEF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #96CCBF, keeps 80% of the original. By #263330, the mixture is 80% black.

#BCFFEF #96CCBF #71998F #4B6660 #263330 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BCFFEF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B0E6D9, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9996, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BCFFEF #B0E6D9 #A4CCC3 #98B3AC #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

#BCFFEF

RGB

rgb(188 255 239)

HSL

hsl(165.672 100.000% 86.863%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BCFFEF uses 188 red, 255 green and 239 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 73.7%

Green 100.0%

Blue 93.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BCFFEF is 26.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 6.3% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 26.3%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 6.3%

Black 0.0%

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 #BCFFEF 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

#BCFFEF #C7F4E9 #D2E9E3 #DEDEDE #E9D2D8 #F4C7D2 #FFBCCC

Color vision previews

Compare how #BCFFEF 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.

#FAF7EE

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.

#EDEEF0

Tritanopia

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

#AAFFFA

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.

#E6F9EF

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.

#E0F4F0

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BCFFF3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F2F2F2

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.

#D9F8F0

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 1.00000 B 0.86316

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 0.79247 G 0.99271 B 0.93905

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.59114 G 0.98350 B 0.86691

CIE xyY

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

x 0.282 y 0.346 Y 88.442

CMY

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

C % 26.275 M % 0.000 Y % 6.275

Binary RGB

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

10111100 11111111 11101111