#BDECAF

sRGB: 189 / 236 / 175

Ancient mountains command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends thunder through timeless canyons
Brilliant stars echo beyond eternity

#BDECAF belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 189 red, 236 green and 175 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 106.2° lands in the green region. Its 61.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.6% 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 (15.78:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 189, 236, 175
HSL: 106.23°, 61.62%, 80.59%
HSV / HSB: 106.23°, 25.85%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 19.92%, 0.00%, 25.85%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 58.717, 73.904, 51.730
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.877, -26.215, 24.773
WCAG relative luminance: 0.73905
24-bit decimal: 12446895

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 #BDECAF 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: 15.78:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.33:1

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

#DEAFEC sits half a turn (180°) from #BDECAF 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.

#BDECAF #DEAFEC

Analogous

#DCECAF and #AFECC0 sit 30° to either side of #BDECAF. 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.

#DCECAF #BDECAF #AFECC0

Triadic

#BDECAF, #AFBDEC and #ECAFBD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BDECAF #AFBDEC #ECAFBD

Split complementary

Start at #BDECAF and look across the wheel. #C0AFEC and #ECAFDC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BDECAF #C0AFEC #ECAFDC

Square

Starting with #BDECAF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AFDCEC, #DEAFEC, then #ECC0AF. Across the square, #BDECAF pairs with #DEAFEC, and #AFDCEC with #ECC0AF.

#BDECAF #AFDCEC #DEAFEC #ECC0AF

Tetradic

#BDECAF and #DEAFEC are opposites, as are #AFECDE and #ECAFBD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BDECAF #AFECDE #DEAFEC #ECAFBD

Tints

Mixing #BDECAF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAF0BF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2FBEF, the mixture is 80% white.

#BDECAF #CAF0BF #D7F4CF #E5F7DF #F2FBEF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BDECAF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #97BD8C, keeps 80% of the original. By #262F23, the mixture is 80% black.

#BDECAF #97BD8C #718E69 #4C5E46 #262F23 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BDECAF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B1D6A6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9689, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BDECAF #B1D6A6 #A5C19C #98AB93 #8C9689 #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

#BDECAF

RGB

rgb(189 236 175)

HSL

hsl(106.230 61.616% 80.588%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BDECAF uses 189 red, 236 green and 175 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.1%

Green 92.5%

Blue 68.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BDECAF is 19.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 25.8% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 19.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 25.8%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBEEAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BEA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BDECAF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFF99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBEEAA Nearest web-safe: #CCFF99

Gradient to complement

#BDECAF #C3E2B9 #C8D8C3 #CECECE #D3C3D8 #D9B9E2 #DEAFEC

Color vision previews

Compare how #BDECAF 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.

#F0E2AB

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.

#E9DEB2

Tritanopia

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

#BBE8DC

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.

#E0E5AE

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.

#DDE2B1

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BFEAC1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DFDFDF

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.

#CFE6C9

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 0.83880 B 0.42869

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 0.77815 G 0.92014 B 0.70820

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.56745 G 0.82785 B 0.45975

CIE xyY

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

x 0.319 y 0.401 Y 73.904

CMY

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

C % 25.882 M % 7.451 Y % 31.373

Binary RGB

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

10111101 11101100 10101111