#BDCBB2

sRGB: 189 / 203 / 178

Ancient mountains command forgotten kingdoms
Majestic waterfalls shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames disappear into mist

#BDCBB2 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 189 red, 203 green and 178 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 93.6° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 19.4% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 74.7% 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 (12.35:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 189, 203, 178
HSL: 93.60°, 19.38%, 74.71%
HSV / HSB: 93.60°, 12.32%, 79.61%
CMYK (approx.): 6.90%, 0.00%, 12.32%, 20.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 50.376, 56.745, 50.420
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.036, -9.310, 10.859
WCAG relative luminance: 0.56745
24-bit decimal: 12438450

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 #BDCBB2 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: 12.35:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.70:1

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

#C0B2CB sits half a turn (180°) from #BDCBB2 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.

#BDCBB2 #C0B2CB

Analogous

#CACBB2 and #B2CBB3 sit 30° to either side of #BDCBB2. 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.

#CACBB2 #BDCBB2 #B2CBB3

Triadic

#BDCBB2, #B2BDCB and #CBB2BD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BDCBB2 #B2BDCB #CBB2BD

Split complementary

Start at #BDCBB2 and look across the wheel. #B3B2CB and #CBB2CA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BDCBB2 #B3B2CB #CBB2CA

Square

Starting with #BDCBB2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #B2CACB, #C0B2CB, then #CBB3B2. Across the square, #BDCBB2 pairs with #C0B2CB, and #B2CACB with #CBB3B2.

#BDCBB2 #B2CACB #C0B2CB #CBB3B2

Tetradic

#BDCBB2 and #C0B2CB are opposites, as are #B2CBC0 and #CBB2BD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BDCBB2 #B2CBC0 #C0B2CB #CBB2BD

Tints

Mixing #BDCBB2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAD5C1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F5F0, the mixture is 80% white.

#BDCBB2 #CAD5C1 #D7E0D1 #E5EAE0 #F2F5F0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BDCBB2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #97A28E, keeps 80% of the original. By #262924, the mixture is 80% black.

#BDCBB2 #97A28E #717A6B #4C5147 #262924 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BDCBB2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B1BCA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C8F8A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BDCBB2 #B1BCA8 #A5AD9E #989E94 #8C8F8A #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

#BDCBB2

RGB

rgb(189 203 178)

HSL

hsl(93.600 19.380% 74.706%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BDCBB2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BDCBB2 uses 189 red, 203 green and 178 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.1%

Green 79.6%

Blue 69.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BDCBB2 is 6.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 12.3% yellow and 20.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 12.3%

Black 20.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBCCAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BCA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BDCBB2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBCCAA Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#BDCBB2 #BEC7B6 #BEC3BA #BFBFBF #BFBAC3 #C0B6C7 #C0B2CB

Color vision previews

Compare how #BDCBB2 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.

#CEC7B1

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.

#CBC6B3

Tritanopia

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

#BEC9C4

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.

#C8C8B1

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.

#C7C8B3

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BECAB9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C6C6C6

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.

#C2C9BD

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 0.50888 G 0.59720 B 0.44520

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 0.75131 G 0.79434 B 0.70649

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.52456 G 0.59427 B 0.45729

CIE xyY

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

x 0.320 y 0.360 Y 56.745

CMY

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

C % 25.882 M % 20.392 Y % 30.196

Binary RGB

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

10111101 11001011 10110010